Refs did it again

[Johnny Cupcakes]

(12-05-2017, 11:15 AM)Wyche Wrote: I hear ya.  The only point I'd add to this, is that I feel the officials are a lot more culpable in this than people realize......and it's not just against the Bengals.  The Stoolers are always chippy, cheap shotting, and spearing people.  The officials let it go on, and after a while, you have to protect yourself, and your pride.  You fight back.  This particular rivalry has gotten even nastier since the Bengals have decided at times to go on the offense with the questionable hits.  But hey.....if you're gonna let them do that shit to everyone in the league.....sooner or later, teams are gonna bite back.

Oh, I know.  The refs have been inconsistent with their game calling for quite a while. Maybe not to the point where they favor particular teams like a lot of people claim, but certainly to the point where you don't really know what you're going to get away with when the game starts.  I feel that the rules are not enforced evenly from game to game and it's frustrating.  It gets even worse when the rule enforcement doesn't seem to be consistent from play to play.  Calling PI on one team for incidental contact, then not calling it on the other team in the next drive for something much more blatant isn't going to get a lot of people on your side.

What is a referee salary?  Maybe they need to pay these dudes better, and give them the boot when they frequently allow games to get out of hand like they did last night.  That would be incentive to do your job a little better.