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Originally Posted by valo403
If you look around I think you'd see that pretty much everyone is blaming the NFL, not the replacement refs, for having guys out there who are in over their heads.
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I think most people understand that, yes. However, there are some out there that are criticizing the replacements.
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Originally Posted by Rerun
I'm pretty sure that being locked out and being on strike are not the same thing... and last I heard they were locked out.
Don't blame the NFL refs... blame the cheapskate greedy NFL owners.
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Like, the NHL lockout, I don't think that only the party initiating the work stoppage is to be held to blame. There is blame on both sides. But blaming the replacement refs for a a lower standard of reffing is like getting me to do the structural design for a skyscraper, than blaming me when the building collapses. Actually, I'd probably decline the work, but no div 3 college ref is going to decline an invitation by the NFL to come and ref games - its the oppurtunity of a lifetime for them. Plus I imagine that they are making in one game what they make for a whole season of work where they where reffing before.