NFL To Go With Full Time Officials

[Nightman]

Replay has made refs gun shy and trigger happy at the same time and you can't unring that bell

Controversial calls are not going away....... this is a meaningless move

 

[The Quest for Six]

Waste of time, won't change a thing!

 

[Silver Surfer]

Yeah and there is no NFL without players or owners either so what is your point? Refs are needed in the game just as players are needed. They will have a say in the contract they sign with the league. They will gain more power not less.

Are you really going to use the false equivalence of officials to players? The only way they will gain more power is if the NFL gives it to them. They can be replaced... and, given their reputation with the fans and how those same fans like to complain about how the refs screwed their team over.... nobody, and I mean nobody, will care.

 

[Melonfeud]

Great addendum Alex, what's the background on one: Alberto Riveron ?
I'm surprised I've not caught wind of him till now, as he does have a flash/ catchy name,and like bright shiny objects I usually take note.
( I'm sure he hit the scene after blandino bounced, but what's his ' bonafideies'?)

 

[bsbellomy]

Like circumcising a house fly

What are they gonna do the other 36 hours??????

Same thing NFL players do with their other 36 hours.

 

[Melonfeud]

As I mentioned in my post, the NFL has the opportunity to set the ground rules for employment, dismissal, evaluation, et al.. right now. If they're smart, they'll provide themselves with the rules and tools to manage the officials moving forward.

Inbetweenthelines speak: accountable.

 

[Nightman]

Same thing NFL players do with their other 36 hours.

There is only so much to learn ........ high school kids can learn the rulebook...... re-reading the same book over and over is pointless

 

[Cowboys_22]

Where do I sign up?

Go Cowboys!!

 

[Corso]

Where do I sign up?

Go Cowboys!!

Need more Cowboy fans in the NFL clergy, that's for sure.

 

[Silver Surfer]

Replay has made refs gun shy and trigger happy at the same time and you can't unring that bell

Controversial calls are not going away....... this is a meaningless move

Anyone who thinks controversial calls will go away is naive. I think it sends a message to the players and fans (and the referees themselves) that the NFL considers the officials' impact on the game important and is taking them seriously. I think it also gives the NFL the opportunity to define or redefine its relationship with the officials. I don't know if they'll make the most of that opportunity, but now's the time to change something if they want to.

 

[big dog cowboy]

 

[Cowboys_22]

Need more Cowboy fans in the NFL clergy, that's for sure.

I promise that I will be neutral

 

[Corso]

I promise that I will be neutral

Dash dang right you'll be! I'm not even going to snark because, who knows, employers may be checking your message board activity one day and I need you in man!

 

[Fletch]

I have no problem with full time but I think there will be some good and bad overall as with most things in life. Found this article interesting

You’d lose some quality officials if you asked them to choose between the officiating job and their other jobs. A veteran official with 20 years experience can make as much as $215,000 a year. A young official in year one or two would make approximately $78,000. Would Walt Coleman remain an NFL ref if asked to turn away from running his dairy farm in Arkansas? What about successful lawyer Ed Hochuli? Or Gene Steratore, who has a lucrative side job reffing NCAA basketball games? Further, if you told a young official on the verge of getting tenure in his main job as a teacher or school administrator he had to choose between that and his $78,000 NFL job, how many of the young officials would you lose? Former NFL head of officiating Mike Pereira estimated to me Tuesday that maybe 25 of the 135 officials would leave the NFL. That’s a lot of turnover. Add in the normal turnover of four to six officials in a season, and adding 17 more officials if the league went to an eighth official on every crew … that’s potentially up to 45 to 50 new officials, about three rookies per crew. Imagine the adjustment if the 17 crews have to work in three new members. For at least a season, it could be a nightmare.

https://www.si.com/mmqb/2016/11/09/nfl-officials-refs-full-time-bills-seahawks-mailbag

I wouldn't call what they trot out on Thursday, Sundays, and Monday as quality.

 

[bigbob]

Having read this nothing will change in 2017 there's only a going to be a few new full-time officials 24 out of 124.
One full-time guy for each crew is what it looks like.
what they should do is have one all full-time crew and then compare their performance with the part-time crews.

And $78.000 isn't enough for full-time.
They make that now part time!

 

[Zimmy Lives]

 

[Corso]

I use "Droopy voice" to disarm my wife when she's triggered. It still works.

 

[Zimmy Lives]

I use "Droopy voice" to disarm my wife when she's triggered. It still works.

That's awesome!

 

[ElGatoGrande]

Finally. About time this multi-billion dollar business decided to invest in some key employees whose performance can determine the outcome of its events.

Players stopped having to work a second job in the off-season at least 20 years ago.

I'll be shocked if it makes a lick of difference.

 

[Pokeness]

I wonder if this will cause any turnover of the current refs? Some might have more lucrative jobs they would have to give up.