Friday, September 28, 2012

Bring in the Refs!

Earlier yesterday, the NFL and the referees came to an agreement that ended the referees' lockout that has gone on for days. Luckily, the replacement refs that the league hired to fill in for the regular refs are gone. After Monday night's game between the Seahawks and Packers ended in chaos because of bad calls, I think the league kind of realized that they were going to lose money with the replacements on the field. Many coaches have been fined for arguing with the replacements. Bill Belichick was fined 50K for grabbing an official to get an explanation on a call. The game was losing integrity with the bad calls. One thing I have learned from all this is to not take the real refs for granted.
       
Things haven't been going well for these guys: Some of the NFL's replacement referees, during a Sept. 23 game between the New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens.