Referees

They need to make officiating a full time job and profession.

It is a hard job, they have to know a lot of rules, but that doesn't excuse some of the bonehead calls they make.
Still, with all the NFL's money, they need to pay the ref's very well so they don't have to have other jobs, while expecting more from them.

I can also understand the Ref's not wanting to take lip from the players on the field. That's the coach's job. I can understand the ref, who was older than Samari, after listening to his crap, telling him "boy, just play" although that's not exactly how he worded it.

 

try doing it for one game and your opinion will change. Normally you have less than a second or two to make a call. You think football fans are bad try being an umpire at a kids Little League game

 

I completely agree. I don't understand how the NFL can't pay for full-time refs to give them every chance to make the games as legit as possible.

 

you have a good point, but the thing that bothers me the most is when replay shows something that should overturn a call, and the ref doesn't overturn it. look at the braylon edwards long td this past week against the cards. the safety obviously hits edwards' leg, making him go down, but somehow it was upheld...

 

You know what bothers me even more, is that a judgement call is not reviewable. Why? Because it might embarass a referee even more. Why can it not be judged by another referee. The rule is that it has to be conclusive to overturn. Well, given that, a judgement call could easily be overturn in the face of overwhelming evidence. I never got that. I never will. Penalties and push outs and all that should be reviewable. Why the hell not. It just doesn't make any sense to me.