11-18-2017, 09:33 PM
(11-18-2017, 07:10 PM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: NBA had refs that cheated it up, you can't seriously believe the NFL has totally clean players, coaches, referees, and employees top to bottom. Where there's massive money, there are dishonest people.Here's the way I see it...
Most all the refs are professional people in private life... Doctors, judges, lawyers, corporate executives, business owners, etc. The rule was (not sure if it still is) that their salary for being a ref cannot exceed 50% of their regular 'day job" salary... The average salary of refs is $147,000.00, which means these guys are already making a boatload of money well before their ref pay. The idea is that no ref actually needs the money. Refs are not employees of the NFL, they are independent contractors (though that all may change if they hire full timers) .
It just makes no sense to me that they would purposely jeopardize their personal livelihoods, lifestyles, community and family standing, corporate and charitable board memberships, etc, etc, which they would certainly lose, if caught in some cheating scandal or team / player bias. For what? What do they have to gain? And as we know from the NBA...sooner or later you get caught. Making "phantom" calls, etc only hurts themselves and affects their performance score and permanent record.
Just because Burfict is on a short leash is not cheating. He has a history of trying to hurt opponents. He should be on a short leash. It's like the cops in your neighborhood. They know exactly who the troublemakers are, who has a history of causing trouble, and you can bet they keep a sharper eye on them than other folks. It is what it is...if you don't like it, then you shouldn't have given them cause.
I truly believe, in reality, if there really was some kind of conspiracy to "get" certain teams or players or to 'favor' certain teams (as if they really care) it would have surfaced pretty quickly. Someone would have wanted no part of it and gone public by now.
Now, when NFL hires full time refs that are actually employees of the league, that might be a different conversation.
