NFL Refs

Everyone is calling for the NFL to get the original union refs back on the field. I don't know if people understand, but this is just another union trying to strongarm it's employer. The union is all upset about the NFL wanting to go to a 401k system and creating an accountability system. The article clip below sums it up pretty well.

The NFL says it wants to shift from a system of “entitlement” to one of “accountability” and be able to relieve an official who is performing badly with a quality replacement. It proposes hiring more refs, employing some of them full-time, and developing a “bench” so the quality of officiating improves. Incredibly, the refs are resisting this. Why? Because it’s in their best interests to remain a small organization, with the league totally reliant on each and every one of them. That way, they work more, and earn more. (sounds like the teachers union)But it’s not in the best interest of the game, the players or the spectators. We’ve all seen officials who seem to blow calls repeatedly, or whose bellies grow until they labor to keep up with the play. One of the amnesiac fallacies growing out of the current hapless officiating by third-tier college replacements is that the regular NFL crews don’t screw up so badly. We’ve forgotten just how awful they can be. Their work is not great, and the league is right to try to restructure operations.

I also heard on the radio that they are now wanting back pay for the games they miss this year. I say let them sit out this year and don't give in.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...2f784a-027d-11e2-9b24-ff730c7f6312_story.html

 

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