It's going to be a long season no matter how you look at it. Until the referee problem is resolved, we will continue to hear about bad calls and mistakes made by the replacement referees. That was clearly on display last night when the Broncos and Falcons played a game filled with penalties that should have been called and several points where the game was getting out of control.
As with most things, this labor issue is all about money. The owners seem unwilling to reach any type of compromise. You can't blame the referees for not wanting to give up their league pensions for part-time work while the owners want to convert them to a 401k. The owners seem unwilling to agree to grandfather the current officials and place any new ones on a 401k. The zebra men would be happy with that.
It appears that some of the replacement officials are not up to speed with the NFL rules which have differences from the college ones. The games are taking more time to play than they should.
I heard a good point today. The NFL owners won't pay any attention until it starts to effect the television ratings. That's not about to happen anytime soon. They just about print money with their cash cow of broadcasting fees.
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