I refuse to engage in that Raider *****/whine-fest

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(01-17-2022, 04:02 PM)Stewy Wrote: If they are full time that can be justified.  And who said full time needed to be 40 hours?  What they need to be is dedicated to this job full time with no side gigs.  They should be going through mandatory simulation via VR every week, to work on difficult parts of their particular job description.  They should get quizzes on the rule book.  Mandatory hours of prep per week for a game.  There are all kinds of things they can do to do a better job and enhance their skills.

It doesn't have to be, but most employers consider around 40 hours a week to be "full time."
Why does a person have to be dedicated 100% to a single job with no side gigs?
Isn't the big thing nowadays to have a "side hustle" to make more money?
(FWIW, I do not. I like my downtime outside of my single job lol)

While it's known that many have other jobs during the offseason and even some in parallel with the season, it's not necessarily because they have to.
Per ProFootballNetwork, an average NFL referee makes approximately $205,000 a year, as of 2019 at least.
https://www.profootballnetwork.com/how-much-do-nfl-referees-make/

On a "salary" like that, one does not NEED to have a side gig. Most choose to do so because they have other interests and/or don't have enough to do as a ref. NFL refs also get a pension.

As for what they actually do outside of games, they do constantly review the rules and also review previous week's game to assess.
Ed Hochuli was interviewed by John Clayton saying that he spends about 15 hours a week reviewing tape. He also said that each official has to take a written test every week during the season and every month in the offseason.