Replacement Officials Will Be Used Week 1.......

[Joemailman]

This thread got me thinking (which is a rarity). It can't be that they are striking because the NFL won't force them to show up to work year round. If that was the case, they could just volunteer their time. As always, it must really be about money, with the PR machine spitting out the "full-time" argument to gain public support.

I look at it this way. The NFL referees want more money, so they offer to work more hours. The NFL sees little benefit to the extra hours. So from the NFL's point of view, the referees are just asking for a huge raise. I'm with the NFL on this one. Go ahead and give them a raise, but don't pretend it is about wanting to work full time.

The officials aren't striking. They're locked out. The NFL wants to add more crews which the NFLRA says would lead to a reduction in pay per official.

[sharpe1027]

The officials aren't striking. They're locked out. The NFL wants to add more crews which the NFLRA says would lead to a reduction in pay per official.

I refuse to let facts get in the way of a good pointless rant.

Everything I know about this is issue from this thread. Shows how much I care about it.