\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/confessions_of_an_nfl_replacement_zG0NDtcxRF38fGmuMKM8aP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 http://www.nypost.co...xRF38fGmuMKM8aP The NFL in its arrogance was willing to jeopardize the integrity of its product in its multi-billion $$$$ business for the sake of squeezing a few inconsequential bucks out of the referees. The owners are shamelessly greedy. Being a Bills fan we have been subjected to incompetent ownership and raw greed. The franchise is in very serious jeopardy of being moved when he passes. Why? Because he doesn't care other than squeezing the last nickel he can in life and death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterpan Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 The NFL in its arrogance was willing to jeopardize the integrity of its product in its multi-billion $$$$ business for the sake of squeezing a few inconsequential bucks out of the referees. The owners are shamelessly greedy. Being a Bills fan we have been subjected to incompetent ownership and raw greed. The franchise is in very serious jeopardy of being moved when he passes. Why? Because he doesn't care other than squeezing the last nickel he can in life and death. Greed works both ways. The Refs want[ed] full beinifits and a pension on top of their 6 figure salaries to work 16, 4 hour shifts. And for what its worth, the replacements werent any worse than the regular refs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 ... and they got the seattle/gb call right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1B4IDie Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Greed works both ways. The Refs want[ed] full beinifits and a pension on top of their 6 figure salaries to work 16, 4 hour shifts. And for what its worth, the replacements werent any worse than the regular refs. They actually prep during the week. But none the less the time commitment is far less than a 40 hour week job 52 weeks out of the year. I actually think the replacement refs got more of the actual calls correct. They didn't show obvious favoritism. The problem the replacement refs was not the quality of the calls in comparison to the union refs. The problem was they had no experience managing the game, the players, and the coaches. When Mike Tice and Jack Del Rio gang bang you its pretty hard not to be intimidated. ... and they got the seattle/gb call right Agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodbuster Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I wish they were still around. Give them a few more weeks experience on the big stage, and I would be willing to bet they would be an improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 And for what its worth, the replacements werent any worse than the regular refs. In your opinion. In my opinion they were an epic joke of incompetence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 In your opinion. In my opinion they were an epic joke of incompetence. They were bad but no worse than the jokes who screwed us against New England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Replacement refs were only marginally worse than the real refs. At least they weren't deferential to certain coaches like some refs seem to be. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 They were bad but no worse than the jokes who screwed us against New England. The way to evaluate the officials is not on a "spot check basis." Each week there are 16 games that have approximately 130 plays in them. That's over 2000 plays each week and that's how you compare the NFL officials versus their replacements, based on those 2000 plays per week over the three weeks in which they worked. If you compared those approximately 6000 plays to the officiating typically seen in an NFL game, I think it's obvious that the replacments were nowhere near as good as the regular officials. JMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 They were just the next item to focus attention on by the media. They could have been better but they weren't as bad as the media made them out to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsWatch Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Does not surprise me at all that NFL referees will blackmail replacements nor that replay referee decisions get blamed on replacements. And yes I think regular referees make as many mistakes as regular ones who came up with Tom Brady Tuck (Medicated Hemorrhoidal Pads) Rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 They were just the next item to focus attention on by the media. They could have been better but they weren't as bad as the media made them out to be. Exactly. The overreaction to the replacement refs was completely driven by loudmouths like Collinsworth and newspaper columnists who needed to have something new to say so why not pick on every conceivable flaw by the officials. And as usual, the public lapped it right up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Greed works both ways. The Refs want[ed] full beinifits and a pension on top of their 6 figure salaries to work 16, 4 hour shifts. And for what its worth, the replacements werent any worse than the regular refs. Please do me a favor and look up the 2011 salaries of NFL referees. What you are saying is complete and utter BS. I know because I had the same thought until I did a bit of research. Replacement refs were only marginally worse than the real refs. At least they weren't deferential to certain coaches like some refs seem to be. PTR I agree with this on both counts. The problem was that every camera was used to try and prove them wrong, try and show calls that they missed. It was no win, a total piling on from each network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincec Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I think that he's right that the replacement refs were placed under far more scrutiny that the regular officials and that made them look worse than they were. I remember Collinsworth literally analysing every single penalty in one game I watched and any non clear cut call was blamed on incompetence. Frankly, I appreciated their "let them play" attitude. They were inconsistent at times but were getting better. The regular officials make plenty of mistakes in these games too. It would be a shame if the refs are blackballed as he fears. Someone had to officiate these games. Replacement refs were only marginally worse than the real refs. At least they weren't deferential to certain coaches like some refs seem to be. PTR I agree with this too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 ... and they got the seattle/gb call right Nope. But I agree the "real" refs haven't proven to be much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smears Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I wish they were still around. Give them a few more weeks experience on the big stage, and I would be willing to bet they would be an improvement. I wonder how different the New England game would have turned out if replacements never left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy in 4C Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 The NFL in its arrogance was willing to jeopardize the integrity of its product in its multi-billion $$$$ business for the sake of squeezing a few inconsequential bucks out of the referees. The owners are shamelessly greedy. Being a Bills fan we have been subjected to incompetent ownership and raw greed. The franchise is in very serious jeopardy of being moved when he passes. Why? Because he doesn't care other than squeezing the last nickel he can in life and death. Money had nothing to do with it. The problem is the unions. It is virtually impossible to fire a referee - it's just like baseball. They grade everyone after every game and basically can't use that information to hire/fire refs. Its complete garbarge and I side with the NFL on the issue. The fans complained and got their refs back which is better, but not the best. We as fans basically screwed the league going forward. Again, this had very little to do with the money, and more the issue of performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Turned out to be a total non-story. Another example of every sports "journalist" writing the same story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunTheBall Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Amazing how average NE looked when the replacement refs were in and they weren't getting their balls licked. RTB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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