01-13-2023, 10:48 AM
(01-12-2023, 12:51 AM)rfaulk34 Wrote: People who talk about how the officials will influence a game on orders from the NFL simply don't realize that these are guys that have regular, full time jobs aside from football. If the NFL went to full time officials, trained them year round, etc etc, it would be easier to have them influence games because they would be full time, paid by the NFL people that could be trained to effect the outcome of games.
That's why it's so silly to talk about "the refs rigged...". They're simply humans that make mistakes from time to time.
This makes zero sense. Sure, they have normal jobs. I don't see many listed that are high paying gigs though. They likely make more reffing for the NFL part time than they do at their full-time gigs. How easy is it for the NFL to say, "If you want to keep your part time gig, we want you to watch this team closer, otherwise go on back to your middle school" The league give refs "Grades" do they not? And, FWIW, I don't think the NFL ever comes out and says "We want so and so to win" but you can say something without saying something in a way that anyone can understand the intention.
