the fix is in

[bengals67]

(10-16-2016, 07:53 PM)Pat5775 Wrote: As horrible as NFL officials have been and often times I do believe there is some bias... But not today. We got straight up beat by a better coached team. Plain and simple.

BTW, why does the NFL employ so many senior citizens to be referees? Granted the head ref today was young-ish but there's plenty of old dudes out there refereeing professional football games. Why is that? How can they keep up? And can they see well? Mental awareness? Just seems odd

I have argued this point for years. GODell, who does not give a dam about anything other than money ( could care less about integrity of game) is too cheap to pay full time refs who actually study film full-time to gain consistency.

I have a close friend and client who played for the Eagles for 8 years and he tells me the players think the officials are a joke. He says they cannot keep up and are often out of position.

His solution- take college players who could not make the league and turn them into full-time professional refs.

The officiating in the NFL is a disgrace and is or will contribute to the decline in the popularity.

Until NFL starts losing money, GODell will do nothing to improve this problem.