Bad calls bad calls

Part time...but they still get paid an average of $173000 per year....make the right calls asshats.

 

Still less than half of what a rookie makes. Minimum wage is $450,000 this year.

 

Ok...so...point is they get paid a very good amount for what they do...make the right calls...this "part time" crap is a cop out.

 

Compared to the average American, then yes.

Compared to their "colleagues", then no. They're pretty much underpaid, yet they have a way more important job than those irrelevant players.

 

apples/oranges....players are held accountable....refs are not publicly....

 

I thought it was hilarious when all of our "pick" plays were being called and cost us some sure points, then RIGHT after one got called they showed a TD alert from the Dolphins game where they used a "pick" play to score and it wasn't called back. Made me LOL

 

There was one play I was particularly upset about. It was on the sack of Mariota by Ray. If someone has the game recorded where they could go back and look at it, I would appreciate confirmation to what I think I saw. The Defensive tackle grabs our guard (don't know which one) by the arm and holds him to allow the stunting linebacker a free run. Of course Fouts and his partner made no mention of it.

 

You're not serious are you?

For 1, the players are employed by them teams. Teams that want to win a championship. They have an open market (free agency) that they use to drive up their value. And teams will pay it cause they want to win ... capitalism at its finest.

Refs are employed by the NFL. Sure there may be some incentives for them to perform their jobs well, but there is nothing like FA to drive up their value.

2. NFL is a billion dollar industry because people want to see the players. not because they want to see the refs. This means that NFL PA has MUCH more leverage in negotiating more money for their players ... and that's how it should be. NFL is making money off the players image. people aren't going out and buying ed Houculi (sp?) ref uniforms. they are buying players jerseys. players deserve a bigger slice of the pie because of that.

3. People make money bc of supply and demand. There are very very very few people in the world with NFL level talent/athleticism. Limited supply + high demand = more money ... Plenty of people could be refs.

4. Refs suffer the occasional injury, but players put their health on the line every game and practice.

 

I have a coworker that is a Broncos fan that went to the game and even he commented on how bad the refs were against Tennessee