the fix is in

[*Awful Llama*]

(10-16-2016, 07:53 PM)Pat5775 Wrote: 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

Part of it's because the NFL won't hire FT officials.  So, you get people who are just augmenting their income instead of being solely devoted to the job and treating it as a career.  That attracts a lot of people that are other things during the week, like judges, accountants, etc.