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For real! Smh, I liked the replacement refs a lot..
NFL, referees reach a deal, will work Week 4, says report
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For real! Smh, I liked the replacement refs a lot..
Plexxx
Return of the G
that sucks. i was enjoying the replacement refs. i need something to entertain me since my team is 0-3
oh well back to college football
oh well back to college football
the new nfl is better . You can still have a good defense with these rules just need different faster defensive players
That's okay. We took that L but we saved the NFL breh.
"Like we told you get robbed, no, the Pack did that so hopefully they won't have to go thru dat"
hiphopfanatic
Pro
I'm going to miss the replacements.
Amare's Right Hook
Southeast World Champion
If the crowd passes a certain noise level the ref is allowed to tackle, look it up.
*Patiently waits for Ugo the Gawd to drop another classic*
THE MACHINE
night owl
rodgers and brady will both have over 400 yards and between 3-5 touchdowns since they lost last week and there babysitters are back....book it
This is true, one thing about those fill-ins is they didn't have any favorites. They screwed over everybody
954UAlreadyknow
All Star
Sullivan: NFL, refs reach agreement on eight-year deal - NorthJersey.com
They back brehs
Sullivan: NFL, refs reach agreement on eight-year deal
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The Record
EAST RUTHERFORD – The NFL’s referee nightmare has come to an end.
In the wake of unceasing criticism, impatient anger and awfully bad publicity, the NFL and the union that represents it regular game officials came to a new eight-year labor agreement late Wednesday night, a source confirmed to the Record. The regular refs are expected to be in Baltimore in time for tonight’s first Week 4 game between the Browns and Ravens, and then cover the full slate of Sunday and Monday games.
The end of the owner-imposed lockout will close one of the most embarrassing chapters in NFL history, a chapter that turned into a national joke at the conclusion of Monday night’s marquee game between the Packers and Seahawks. As loop after loop of the game-ending blown call flashed across our television sets, the league had no choice but to get back to the bargaining table and cross the settlement finish line.
Wednesday turned out to be that day, though it was a rocky one. Glimmers of hope spiked and dipped throughout the day, but when early reports of imminent settlement were replaced by a seeming reality of continued stalemate, the conversation continued to flash back to Monday night, when replacement officials cost the Packers, Super Bowl champions just two season ago who are now 1-2, a game.
As this season rolled into its first quarter finale, players were still talking the debacle in Seattle, when replacement officials botched the game-ending play, giving a winning Hail Mary touchdown to Seattle rather than what it should have been, a game-ending interception by Green Bay. Players were still talking about continuing to operate at the highest level of their own profession while being judged by the lowest level referees, a situation they all tried to ignore but knew had to be resolved.
“Obviously,” Giants’ linebacker Mathias Kiwanuka said after practice. “We know that we need those guys out there. Enough light has been shed on the [replacement] officials. We understand that they’ve been put in a tough position so I don’t want to hammer the point because those are grown men with jobs who are put in a position and doing the best that they can. Now the league is meeting with the representatives from NFL officials, we’ll leave it in their hands, it’s obvious they’re working towards something and we’ll just be with that.”
The Record has learned the new labor agreement is for the next eight years. And with regular officials now in place, the conversation can turn away from officiating and more to the games. Because until Goodell and the owners he speaks for were willing to fix this thing, the focus of the NFL as moving too far away from on-field action and too far toward bad calls and bad decisions.
Oh we’d still watch – a Wednesday email from the NFL offices blared about record-setting local television ratings in all 30 markets – but the games had taken on an air of anticipatory dread. We were all waiting for the next car crash, hoping it wouldn’t happen, yet afraid of missing it all the same. The players felt it, and they didn’t like it.
“Sunday night game, the world’s watching and all eyes are going to be on [the officials], which is unfortunate,” Giants defensive end Justin Tuck said. “Normally, in a game like this, eyes are going to be on Eli [Manning] or [Michael} Vick or [Victor] Cruz or JPP [Jason Pierre-Paul] or whoever – those are the people that normally the fans are going to watch. Not Sunday night. They’re going to be paying attention to the calls. They’re going to be paying attention to how we react to the calls and things like that.”
The integrity of the game was most definitely at stake. Every time a player bullied an official into calling a hold or flagging pass interference, the game was compromised. And that was indeed happening.
“I think it’s getting out of control a little bit because nobody respects the replacements. Guys are giving them a hard time,” Giants tight end Martellus Bennett said. “If Larry Fitzgerald comes up to you and you’re a replacement and he goes, ‘hey he’s holding me every time,’ they’re probably going to look at it like, ‘hey, that’s Larry Fitzgerald.’ That’s just the way it is. Everything works better for stars in America.
“No, it’s not good for the game. The whole idea of not having regular refs out there wasn’t good for the game.”
It wasn’t, it isn’t and it never will be. Thank goodness it’s over.
They back brehs
Sullivan: NFL, refs reach agreement on eight-year deal
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The Record
EAST RUTHERFORD – The NFL’s referee nightmare has come to an end.
In the wake of unceasing criticism, impatient anger and awfully bad publicity, the NFL and the union that represents it regular game officials came to a new eight-year labor agreement late Wednesday night, a source confirmed to the Record. The regular refs are expected to be in Baltimore in time for tonight’s first Week 4 game between the Browns and Ravens, and then cover the full slate of Sunday and Monday games.
The end of the owner-imposed lockout will close one of the most embarrassing chapters in NFL history, a chapter that turned into a national joke at the conclusion of Monday night’s marquee game between the Packers and Seahawks. As loop after loop of the game-ending blown call flashed across our television sets, the league had no choice but to get back to the bargaining table and cross the settlement finish line.
Wednesday turned out to be that day, though it was a rocky one. Glimmers of hope spiked and dipped throughout the day, but when early reports of imminent settlement were replaced by a seeming reality of continued stalemate, the conversation continued to flash back to Monday night, when replacement officials cost the Packers, Super Bowl champions just two season ago who are now 1-2, a game.
As this season rolled into its first quarter finale, players were still talking the debacle in Seattle, when replacement officials botched the game-ending play, giving a winning Hail Mary touchdown to Seattle rather than what it should have been, a game-ending interception by Green Bay. Players were still talking about continuing to operate at the highest level of their own profession while being judged by the lowest level referees, a situation they all tried to ignore but knew had to be resolved.
“Obviously,” Giants’ linebacker Mathias Kiwanuka said after practice. “We know that we need those guys out there. Enough light has been shed on the [replacement] officials. We understand that they’ve been put in a tough position so I don’t want to hammer the point because those are grown men with jobs who are put in a position and doing the best that they can. Now the league is meeting with the representatives from NFL officials, we’ll leave it in their hands, it’s obvious they’re working towards something and we’ll just be with that.”
The Record has learned the new labor agreement is for the next eight years. And with regular officials now in place, the conversation can turn away from officiating and more to the games. Because until Goodell and the owners he speaks for were willing to fix this thing, the focus of the NFL as moving too far away from on-field action and too far toward bad calls and bad decisions.
Oh we’d still watch – a Wednesday email from the NFL offices blared about record-setting local television ratings in all 30 markets – but the games had taken on an air of anticipatory dread. We were all waiting for the next car crash, hoping it wouldn’t happen, yet afraid of missing it all the same. The players felt it, and they didn’t like it.
“Sunday night game, the world’s watching and all eyes are going to be on [the officials], which is unfortunate,” Giants defensive end Justin Tuck said. “Normally, in a game like this, eyes are going to be on Eli [Manning] or [Michael} Vick or [Victor] Cruz or JPP [Jason Pierre-Paul] or whoever – those are the people that normally the fans are going to watch. Not Sunday night. They’re going to be paying attention to the calls. They’re going to be paying attention to how we react to the calls and things like that.”
The integrity of the game was most definitely at stake. Every time a player bullied an official into calling a hold or flagging pass interference, the game was compromised. And that was indeed happening.
“I think it’s getting out of control a little bit because nobody respects the replacements. Guys are giving them a hard time,” Giants tight end Martellus Bennett said. “If Larry Fitzgerald comes up to you and you’re a replacement and he goes, ‘hey he’s holding me every time,’ they’re probably going to look at it like, ‘hey, that’s Larry Fitzgerald.’ That’s just the way it is. Everything works better for stars in America.
“No, it’s not good for the game. The whole idea of not having regular refs out there wasn’t good for the game.”
It wasn’t, it isn’t and it never will be. Thank goodness it’s over.
MustafaSTL
Achievement In Every Field of Human Endeavor
people weren't already starting them?
Rocket Scientist
Superstar
Come on they got to keep at least 1 replacement ref 
Damn so the old refs are gonna come off the street and work with less than a day notice? Damn, no time to work back into the flow or anything.