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Originally Posted by transplant99
Right...I guess it is to much to expect paid professionals to do some semblance of a fair and balanced job....because its too hard.
Give me a break.
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The thing is that there isn't enough money to be paid to these guys for them to become professionals. IMO the head referee makes 950 a game and I think the other guys are like 650. So again you get what you pay for. I mean in Canada now you can't live on 17 grand a year even if it's a part time job. Chances are the guys career as a salesman or accountant is far more important and most of these guys don't really need to referee. Even the NFL which is richer than half the countries on this planet only recently went to full time officials and still pays it's guys like 100 grand a year IIRC. Being a football referee is crappy work that pays even worse.
I think football is a miserable game to try and officiate as there are rule violations on pretty much every single play. It's trying to determine which ones were flagerant enough to call. CFL player in particular are bad because well....if they could be effective playing by the rules...they might be NFL calibre.