The NFL Is Cannibalizing Its Product Because of Greed

[Yavin4]

They are literally putting on an inferior product because they're using scab refs. They won't give their referees a decent compensation package because they want to save nickels.

Tonight's MNF game is a complete fiasco on the level of Rmoney's campaign.

[fishwax]

1. Yep. The league is going to have a hard time defending what happened tonight.

[sadbear]

2. The NFL is officially a big, stinking pile of dog shit.

$$$$$$$$$$

[Electric Monk]

3. Ref-Pocalypse

http://www.businessinsider.com/worst-nfl-replacement-ref-calls-2012-9?op=1

[Logical]

4. What are the refs asking for? Wat is the NFL offering?

[Yavin4]

7. The Refs Want to Keep Their Pensions. The NFL Wants to go to a 401K

Here's a good article on the dispute:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/30/breaking-down-the-divide-in-the-nfl-nflra-disput/

[Iggo]

10. Dude.

[Are_grits_groceries]

16. Stop it!

They aren't prepared for this and everybody knows it. They have been overmatched since the beginning. They are really refs from levels that train to move up to higher college leagues or such. D1 officials are really the only ones equipped to even begin to try this.

Turn your ire to the NFL owners. They are the ones who won't part with millions out of their billions. They are the ones behind this.

AND before you say that these people shouldn't have taken the job, the NFL would have scrounged even lower for people. The public watches and the owners don't care as long as they do.

[Iggo]

6. Risking a multi-billion dollar industry to save a few nickels.

Greedy bastards.

[RagAss]

8. Greed shits on everything in its path.....

See Bush/Cheney 2001-2008.

[Spider Jerusalem]

9. The NFL has much much bigger problems than that, honestly

Google "chronic traumatic encephalopathy" and "football". A labour dispute is the least of US professional football's worries.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

12. The two could be related

I've seen some terrible helmet-to-helmet hits that aren't being called by the refs and that just encourages more of that type of behavior, putting lives at risk.

[LeftyMom]

14. They are, but not the way you think. The League wants to end pensions for all of it's unions,

so they're going after the weakest union first. The players will be next.

[madrchsod]

11. nickels? hell..half pennies

multi-billion dollar industry wants to offer them half pennies.

[just1voice]

13. They used to have Gush Limpballs as a host on Monday Night Foozeball

I stopped watching the crap product back then.

[TeamPooka]

15. If we make the NFL substitute refs poll watchers in November ....

at least they will only have half the country mad at them when they f**k-up.

[seabeyond]

17. yup. and putting safety of these athletes at risk. much higher risk. we see this all over with

companies today. NO integrity. all about greed. not just the buck but pure greed.