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15. Why NFL referees are like Chicago teachers...

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 07:30 AM

Sep 2012

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Please HELP me get the link below posted properly, because this is so important to know how fans are unwitting accomplices in this. LOUIS C can you help me? The link below was posted 18 min ago. Another article posted after the Sunday night game.

I've been reading all about this (nt) & the article listed below NEEDS to be online to all, especially DU brothers & sisters. I just don't know how to turn blue link thingie to fix my copy & paste.
Thanks, Taz
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http://mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2012-09-25/the-nfl-fiasco-why-referees-are-like-chicago-teachers

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Hey, Wisconsin, What Do You Think of Union-Busting Now? [View all] louis c Sep 2012 OP

recommend! madrchsod Sep 2012 #1

Excellent post. rec pintobean Sep 2012 #2

how true Chiquitita Sep 2012 #3

yep yep yep, so true. i have been drawn into all this that is happening seabeyond Sep 2012 #4

Let's threaten to take away the NFL's Anti-Trust exemption louis c Sep 2012 #5

yep dembotoz Sep 2012 #6

Sadly most anti unionists are too dumb RegieRocker Sep 2012 #7

That's our job, to do it for them louis c Sep 2012 #8

Just another example of Billionaires fucking up…... 12AngryBorneoWildmen Sep 2012 #9

Where is the NFLPA on this? caraher Sep 2012 #10

Divide and conquer. mac56 Sep 2012 #18

the players' contract forbids sympathy strikes fishwax Sep 2012 #27

I have learned today louis c Sep 2012 #37

that would be excellent fishwax Sep 2012 #40

Blue Flu! Sirveri Sep 2012 #54

What I'd like to see.... Jeff In Milwaukee Sep 2012 #11

lol, I'd love it. nt eqfan592 Sep 2012 #12

Great Post malaise Sep 2012 #13

Wisconsin is just like the rest of America, people here prefer football to education HereSince1628 Sep 2012 #14

Why NFL referees are like Chicago teachers... Astazia Sep 2012 #15

Except that the Packers are a publicly owned team. VenusRising Sep 2012 #16

And according to the results of the recall vote on Walker, 52% of those "public owners" decided to 4lbs Sep 2012 #21

Public owners outside the state had no vote in the recall. VenusRising Sep 2012 #25

and 48% did not.... mcctatas Sep 2012 #52

A publicly owned team that belongs to and benefits the "commonwealth" -- King_Klonopin Sep 2012 #53

Isn't the same thing happening with hockey? amuse bouche Sep 2012 #17

Fuck the "integrity" of the game when it's about the MONEY! TahitiNut Sep 2012 #19

ESPN's "Mike & Mike in the morning" just mentioned this. 4lbs Sep 2012 #23

One merely need look at the Detroit Lions to see this ownership attitude for more than four decades. TahitiNut Sep 2012 #31

I would change ONE word: share October Sep 2012 #20

Wisconsin native and long-time Packers fan here Aldo Leopold Sep 2012 #22

All one has to do is pay attention to the referees in the NFL to predict the path of our schools Viking12 Sep 2012 #24

K&R! n/t Lugnut Sep 2012 #26

K&R Hubert Flottz Sep 2012 #28

Isn't Paul Ryan a Packers fan? Blue Owl Sep 2012 #29

Paul Ryan loves socialist football? eridani Sep 2012 #34

I agree 100% BrainMann1 Sep 2012 #30

Kraft hosted Limbaugh in his Super Bowl suite while his Pats lost to the Giants. dsharp88 Sep 2012 #32

Outstanding post! K&R 11 Bravo Sep 2012 #33

Hey, Thanks louis c Sep 2012 #55

The people own the Green Bay Packers and that is how every sports team MindMover Sep 2012 #35

Sounds like the cheeseheads got what they had coming to them. Zoeisright Sep 2012 #36

Hey dumbass...a whole lot of us cheeseheads hate Scutt Wanker WestWisconsinDem Sep 2012 #46

I was way proud of the LA Lakers star, Derek Fisher, President of the Union cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #38

Good call! wakemewhenitsover Sep 2012 #39

This is the very definition of ironic. Hamlette Sep 2012 #41

right, because all Packer fans are republicans. WestWisconsinDem Sep 2012 #48

Here's one! Generic Other Sep 2012 #49

Ha! I love that! WestWisconsinDem Sep 2012 #50

Support unions-Simple meaning working people sticking together for better wages & working conditions GreenTea Sep 2012 #42

K&R! countryjake Sep 2012 #43

As Sean likes to say.... The Old Creak Sep 2012 #44

The sad part is that the Packers are pro-Union malaise Sep 2012 #45

Whenever I see Walker and Ryan... 47of74 Sep 2012 #47

Amen SpartanDem Sep 2012 #51