We need to give those NFL refs their pensions since the keep a game in orderly fashion and while we are at it we should demand that those that teach our children receive nothing.
Does anyone find this odd?
Our nation is picking sides for part time employees who have other jobs that pay real well to get a pension while demanding that teachers get zilch.
I do not know crap about football though I have not missed a game on TV for a couple of decades or better. But even my untrained eyes behold a sick and sorry mess on the games I've seen so far because of the back-up refs. Tonight Green Bay won against Seattle. A trainee ref saw it differently - it is sickening. It just is not a football game any longer; it's a game of luck - pure luck.
One of the least objective and most disingenuous pieces I've read in months. This is not an article so much as it is an editorial for the AFL-CIO. CBS would benefit its readers if it provided a balanced perspective of this dispute rather than this palaver.
I don't understand why the owners don't want a quality product like the officials handling what they consider the ultimate product their NFL teams. We had an owner in Cleveland, Randy Lerner who bought out more coaches contracts in the last 10 years to pay all the refs salaries for the next 20 years or longer, where's the sense in that? I'll bet if you could total the amounts ALL the teams have spent in contract buy outs since 2006 the amount would be staggering. The refs demands wouldn't be a drop in the bucket compared to those numbers. The NFL and the owners are going to destroy it's product with idiotic decisions like this. Would the want a first year med student performing open heart surgery on them or would they want the real deal?
This is all full of s**t. Every week in past seasons, the regular refs are blasted by the fans and media as being horrible and these replacements are doing no worse. The average fan has noticed little difference in the quality of the officiating this preseason. If there is a perception they are worse, its probably because they are under the microscope more for being replacements.
I'm normally pro-union, but the regular refs should watch it, or they my end up like Reagan's air traffic controllers - fired. The new guys are good enough now and will get better. H3ll, being an NFL ref? I'd do it for free, how cool would that be? Just pay my air fare to and from the game.
How do part-time workers get to be unionized anyway? Think of the poor workers at Mickey D's and Walmart, etc making minimum wage. How they would like to make several thousand dollars for a few hours of work. It's not only the NFL who's greedy, it's the ref's, players, teams, etc. I can't afford to go to games anymore. It's just a "game". It's not like football, or any sport contributes to the quality of life.
The story is co-written by a sports editor and a 3rd generation union-activist... First, the single biggest problem America must deal with soon is that far too many are willing to say "Yes" (here, yes, pay the officials what they want and provide defined benefit retirement plans). How about taking a stand to say, "No", it's not a prudent financial decision (or no, son, you can't take the car, or no, we do not need an 80" set to see the Patriots this year). Second, the writers confuse referee experience with whether they have joined the union. Only unionized officials have been allowed to ref games for many years. In effect, your argument calls for an end to unions so as to increase overall experience - and avoid lockouts completely. Can you see it?
If you really had 2 season tickets you wouldn't be making ignorant i.e. lacking knowledge comments. Those of us with season tickets know that you would have had to already pony up your money and it is too late to get your money back since they have played 3 games already. So next time at least be honest when you chip in your 2 cents.
Only a left wing liberal hypocritical entity like CBS could evaluate this issue and make it purely a political commentary. It is always about the "have" and the "have nots". Pure and simple let's make this all about the 1%'s all the time. I do not understand how all of the left wing liberal in Hollywood get away with making BIG money and no one complains about how they got thier money nor what they do with it. Funny how things work that way when you are a Democrat.
Yep, when in doubt, play the "left wing media" card. Then you never have to take responsibility for anything you do. Brought to you by the GOP - the "Party of Personal Responsibility". Except when they are blaming the media, unions, gay people, immigrants, teachers, minorities and Obama for everything they do wrong.
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Does anyone find this odd?
Our nation is picking sides for part time employees who have other jobs that pay real well to get a pension while demanding that teachers get zilch.
We are at the end
I'm normally pro-union, but the regular refs should watch it, or they my end up like Reagan's air traffic controllers - fired. The new guys are good enough now and will get better. H3ll, being an NFL ref? I'd do it for free, how cool would that be? Just pay my air fare to and from the game.