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Originally Posted by Solecismic
Not that it's an excuse, either, but I wonder how many people here have tried officiating. I've only tried softball and that's more about positioning than anything - still, it caught me by surprise how hard that can be.
I have watched many a football game from the sidelines and the NFL is a lot faster than what I've seen in person from that vantage. I can't even imagine how hard it is to get calls right real-time. And the NFL game would take as long as the college game if everything was reviewable in replay.
It's too bad the Lions are out. And I think the Seahawks have a legitimate beef here. Sure, it's likely Detroit will play hard - it's a division game, if nothing else. But they have nothing on the line in the end. Perhaps the NFL needs to have the option of bringing a second game into the 8:20 slot instead of just one flex game.
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I think anyone who has had to ref their kid's U8 game will acknowledge how hard that job is. But my guess is all the jobs on an NFL field are hard. I have never been a fan of the ref being exempt from criticism. It doesn't have to be over the top but if they are good enough to be on the field, they can be criticized when they have a bad day.
Re: the NFL schedule on the last day of the season. Is the only reason the NFL doesn't start all the games at say 4pm today to maintain the ratings dominance yesterday and all day today?
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