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Originally Posted by Major Major
I'm not saying that this is the case with O'Halloran... I have no idea what was going through his head. But if refs are repetitively making egregious errors that effect the outcome of a game, they should be publicly fired like the NFL.
There is way too much job security and it has given them the ability to guide their own agendas as to how to officiate the game. Either you do what is in the rule book, or you're gone.
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I believe that's forbidden by the officials' CBA. No matter how incompetent an official is, or how much he screws up, the only control the league has over him is not to give him any games in the playoffs.
Some other unions are known for the things they will do to protect an incompetent member from being sacked. But they could all take lessons from the NHL Officials Association.