This has been a topic of debate since it was imminent the NFL season would start with replacement refs and has now went from a joke to a cry for help to a state of National (Football League) emergency. Enough is enough Goodell and the Shield! You want to protect your product? You want the best product? Well, meet somewhere closer to the REAL refs side and quit trying to be the evil dictator and think you can half ass part of your product and not get flack.
Yes, the regular refs make major screw-ups, but they at least have a great knowledge of the rule book, don't rely on replay and biggest of all, they have the respect of the players and coaches they are around. The NFL is going to see an assault happen and it will be directly related to these replacement referees. I have NEVER seen a coach show such disrespect for the regular referees that I've seen this season. John Fox, The Brothers Harbaugh and even Billy Belichick have shown their frustration and will be fined for it. The New England players were ready to kill the refs after that play and that crazy fumble in the Atlanta game have caused players to not only lose it on the refs but lose it on each other. The reason they are losing it on each other, they know they are bending the rules and talking the refs into calls based off the emotion. The regular NFL refs strike fear into the players and have earned the respect these guys will not get because everyone knows this will not last more than another year.
So Goodell, quit trying to protect these guys like they are your little kids by calling the parents of the bullies and telling them to cool it on them, they are just trying the best they can and put the professionals that make your product respectable. So while I saw some gruesome hits, I also saw the penalties that go with them but I've seen some little scrums occuring because these refs can not control the game on the in between. It reminds me of a lower conference ref crew trying to ref a top end college team and being scared by the size and speed they have.
It's time Goodell, quit acting as God-of-All and realize YOU are the problem. Put the best quality product on the field. Bring back the guns of Hochuli, the moustache and Keenan Ivory Wayans look-a-like and familiar faces the players, coaches and the people that pay your exorbanant salary, we the NFL fans, respect.
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