Awful NFL officiating.

[GMDino]

(09-22-2016, 08:00 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: You're making the very dangerous assumption that the refs now actually know the rules of the game.

They don't.

Having full time refs would mean they can actually take some time to sit down and read a rule book or 2.

(09-22-2016, 08:29 AM)JS-Steelerfan Wrote: That would help, but it would also be good if they simplified the thing.  There are too many specific conditions and subjective definitions that will create controversy no matter how much time they get to study it.

You're both right.

It's like cramming for a test and having all week to study.  These guys, no matter how smart and good they are, have FULL TIME JOBS off the field.  You don't think that isn't a distraction?  That makes it much harder to focus on your PART TIME job officiating a BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY.

And industry that want you to make judgement calls based on the rules.

The Lions game is best example.  WR makes a great move, officials call it a penalty because they ASSUME it happened.

Replay in the booth should be able to correct an obvious mistake like that but everyone says the officials will get gun shy about making calls if they are being corrected.  What a load of crap.