NFL '12 Season Thread
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I'm pretty sure that neither the league office or the team owners care about any of this - as long as they are still making the money. People are buying tickets, buying merchandise, their sponsors are giving them money as people are watching on tv. They're making their money so they won't care until they see their stock go down.
CBS Sports Mike Freeman reports that a tentative deal has been reached with locked out officials. Hopefully, our long national nightmare is over.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/e...ferees-is-at-hand-officials-could-work-week-4
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/e...ferees-is-at-hand-officials-could-work-week-4
Ace Bandage
The one and only.
Albert Brooks is a genius. Fact.
^^ The last one is hilarious. :1orglaugh
^^ The last one is hilarious. :1orglaugh
Bahahahahaha
me you and i know one more person on this board remembers that super bowl WELL that is the worst screwing i have ever witnessed on a football field. pitt was going to win that game if stripes had to put on the chicken shit yellow. but words of a coach after a game...i cant even remember who at the moment ? ( i be damn if im going to stand here and blame one call on us loosing the game..it should have never come to that)
alexpnz
Lord Dipstick
Referee lockout almost over?
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8427652/locked-nfl-referees-return-early-week-sources
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8427652/locked-nfl-referees-return-early-week-sources
BCT
Pucker Up Butter Cup.
For realz? I can't take this game seriously anymore, they're fucking this league up bad.
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
I can't believe how big of a deal a blown call in Week 3 is.
Mandy Flores
Official Checked Star Member
I can't really tell if you are agreeing or disagreeing with me..... One thing about that Superbowl, and really ANY game that has had blown calls that decided the game....the reason they don't stand out as much is because those bad calls were during the games, not at the last second. If that play had happened in the first quarter it wouldn't be as big a deal, even if the outcome were the same. If Rapist-burger had cheated that ball over the goal line as time expired in Super bowl 40 you can bet your ass the whole world would have lost their collective minds, but because it happened way earlier it isn't as important. No matter, EVERY team has endured terrible calls, EVERY team has had obvious fouls go uncalled, EVERY team has had a coach or player fined for bitching about the refs. If Green Bay was as incredible as they think they are they wouldn't have given up 8 sacks in the first half and they might have been able to score maybe 3 times?
The NFL did this on account of a few million dollars regarding these refs, all the while they are raking in billions. Total flagrant lust for greed involving everyone here at the top levels.
BCT
Pucker Up Butter Cup.
Cause they're greedy and stubborn, that's what it was going to take to make a change.
C.K. Lawrence
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Both of the above, probably a power issue as well, you gotta know who's boss sort of thing.
Killer B
I Like Big Tits! (song by Joe Walsh)
I'm expecting plenty of blown/missed calls from the real refs too for the next few weeks. They have to be rusty after missing pre-season tune up games.
That's the truth. I don't think anyone is really expecting absolute perfection. Fact is that the pro refs can make the same error that a replacement ref made and it wouldn't be blown up as big. The rep. refs were under a microscope the whole time. I think the biggest issue is that the players have more familiarity and respect for the pro refs. That and that the pros know how to keep the game moving at a steady pace.
By the way, I heard the refs had demanded a ridiculous amount of money - and are going to get it. I don't recall the dollar amount, but I remember thinking it was outrageous.
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