Replacement officials on the way

[Orlando Buffalo]

I am very ok with replacement officials if it causes the NFL  to fix the easy fixes and make the refs accountable for how bad they are currently. I will also point out that the fail mary is completely overblown because it was A) a close call B) there are dozens of worse calls each year by the current  officials. 

 

[H2o]

15 minutes ago, Orlando Buffalo said:

I am very ok with replacement officials if it causes the NFL  to fix the easy fixes and make the refs accountable for how bad they are currently. I will also point out that the fail mary is completely overblown because it was A) a close call B) there are dozens of worse calls each year by the current  officials. 

 

Agree. There are some good college refs out there. 

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

4 minutes ago, H2o said:

Agree. There are some good college refs out there. 

 

There are. But the NFL will not be getting them. Most of the guys will stick to their NCAA assignments. Most of the replacement officials will come from the junior college and HS official ranks. There are plenty of really good officials at those ranks as well but let's not pretend like the NFL is going to be getting the best college level officials. 

 

Also, from my experience (I'm a HS football official), a large number of the junior college football officials are also HS football officials. They work Friday nights and then Saturday afternoons the next day.

Edited March 30 by Sammy Watkins' Rib

[PrimeTime101]

6 minutes ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said:

 

There are. But the NFL will not be getting them. Most of the guys will stick to their NCAA assignments. Most of the replacement officials will come from the junior college and HS official ranks. There are plenty of really good officials at those ranks as well but let's not pretend like the NFL is going to be getting the best college level officials. 

 

Also, from my experience (I'm a HS football official), a large number of the junior college football officials are also HS football officials. They work Friday nights and then Saturday afternoons the next day.

im still good with a whole new crew.  I used to always say "the teachable is way more better to have around then those stubborn to their old ways"   let the lot walk.  NFL will train em and even better.. watch our refs more closely.. do to not having a choice. 

[Billsflyer12]

22 minutes ago, H2o said:

Agree. There are some good college refs out there. 

Who will forever be Scabs.

[Dr. Who]

31 minutes ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said:

 

There are. But the NFL will not be getting them. Most of the guys will stick to their NCAA assignments. Most of the replacement officials will come from the junior college and HS official ranks. There are plenty of really good officials at those ranks as well but let's not pretend like the NFL is going to be getting the best college level officials. 

 

Also, from my experience (I'm a HS football official), a large number of the junior college football officials are also HS football officials. They work Friday nights and then Saturday afternoons the next day.

If you get the call up and you end up working the Bills games, remember to do the opposite of this.

 

[Don Otreply]

Certainly won’t be any more erratic in quality of penalty’s called…, will they teach them what qualifies as  a catch? asking for a friend…, 

[Bray Wyatt]

I actually met one of the refs from the fail mary. He was selling hot tubs down here in TN, gave me a copy of his book he wrote lol

[MJS]

I'll get flamed for this, but I don't think it is nearly as bad as everyone makes it out to be, nor any worse than it has been for the last couple of decades, at least.

[Buffalo03]

1 hour ago, Orlando Buffalo said:

I am very ok with replacement officials if it causes the NFL  to fix the easy fixes and make the refs accountable for how bad they are currently. I will also point out that the fail mary is completely overblown because it was A) a close call B) there are dozens of worse calls each year by the current  officials. 

 

It wasn't a close call at all. Clearly one of the worst calls ever made

[Buffalo Ballin]

Jig is up. It's over. The legit NFL refs were figured out. Get rid of all of them. Screw em.

[Victory Formation]

Too often do refs change the outcome of the game.. Pass interference calls at the most inopportune times in particular.... 

[eee1776]

One way to slow up Vegas for a while. No more cheating for a few games anyway.

[sullim4]

2 hours ago, Billsflyer12 said:

Who will forever be Scabs.

 

And this is why you aren't going to see any of the NCAA officials with potential NFL careers make this move.  You'll instead see recent NCAA retirees, UFL officials, and maybe some older CFL guys.

 

The quality is going to be much worse than the average NFL on-field official.  I agree that Shawn Hochuli and co are terrible but these guys will be way out of their league in the NFL.  You're gonna get a fair amount of administrative errors alongside phantom subjective calls for things like holding and pass interference.

[BringMetheHeadofLeonLett]

Please God, make it permanent this time!

If I have to watch another Hochuli officiated game- I don't care how 'respected' that clan is...

[Big Turk]

3 hours ago, Orlando Buffalo said:

I am very ok with replacement officials if it causes the NFL  to fix the easy fixes and make the refs accountable for how bad they are currently. I will also point out that the fail mary is completely overblown because it was A) a close call B) there are dozens of worse calls each year by the current  officials. 

 

 

They were terrible every time they had to be called on over the years. This time won't be any different.

 

We think the current refs are bad, but they take it to a whole new level.

[machine gun kelly]

This happened several years ago, and it was a disaster.  I have a good friend who played for the Bucs during the Sapp years, and is still an SEC ref.  He would probably jump on the NFL, but has a main job in medical device sales for the last 25 years.  My guess is his reticence would be that he takes on NFL responsibilities, but once the ref negotiations are over he’s out of luck.  Knowing him, that’s why he wouldn’t take it.

[Matt_In_NH]

Where is the “make them full time employees then they will see 500 things correctly at the same time” crowd

[The Cincinnati Kid]

8 hours ago, PrimeTime101 said:

im still good with a whole new crew.  I used to always say "the teachable is way more better to have around then those stubborn to their old ways"   let the lot walk.  NFL will train em and even better.. watch our refs more closely.. do to not having a choice. 

I hope I understand why you “used” to say that.

[Bill from NYC]

The owners have a league in which some players make more than 50 million per season, yet they consistently quibble over what would seem to be pennies that they pay the refs.

Gee, I wonder why they want to keep the refs underpaid and more dependant? 🤔