ChoWZa

Mark my words.

First, understand that $1500/week for 20 weeks is not a huge sum of money. I would not take a job that pays less money, on a temporary basis, that I'm simply unqualified for. So who would? Only someone who sees 1500x20 as a great deal of money, which amounts to about $30000 before tax. This has to be a great deal more than any of these replacement referees can make over the course over 6 months. Why else would you subject yourself to such public scrutiny and humiliation?

Well, you have a group of financially challenged individuals with a sudden huge stake in a multi-billion dollar industry. Well how do you cash in? There's two ways, accept 6 figure bribes to influence games, or get yourself struck by a player. The former means if you're caught you would be facing criminal charges. If your chief motivator for being a replacement referee is money, do you think its beyond them to goad players with bad calls into violent reaction? Look how angry Wilfork was in the final seconds of the game. Right now botched, phantom calls have become so commonplace in these games that there is no consequence to the referees for any mistakes. How could there be, its a temporary gig for small sum of money and there is no one to replace them.

Think of the players in the league with violent, checkered pasts that you could throw a phantom call to provoke. A few come to mind immediately, and I don't mean any Patriots. The official has the golden cover of "incompetence" to protect himself from any implications.

Think about it.

signbabybrady

Thats some quantum leap.





First off these games are only on sunday and I am not sure if these guys all quit there regular jobs to do this one. But even if they did 30,000 dollars is a lot of money for 3 and half hours of work plus some prep time. Or even if we want to stick with your terms of 6 months of work and we are talking 60,000 a year now thats not a bad a salary.

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TyronePoole

If this were true there'd be several hospitalized or dead NBA refs. In all seriousness though, this is last on the list of reasons to bring back the regular refs.

pwes

Where are you getting that they are only making $1500 a week?

QuinielaBox

If the players don't, a fan will.

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Steve:Section 102

The number I heard on one of the broadcasts this weekend was $3500. I'll go out there and throw yellow hankies at Ray Lewis for almost 60k per year.

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KontradictioN

Should we call the men in the white coats?

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ChoWZa

Correction. I had conflicting sources. It is $3000 a game and $3500 for the head ref.

NFL to use replacement officials for start of regular season - ESPN

• The NFL will pay the head referee $3,500 per regular-season game. The six others on the field will make $3,000 per game.

• The head referee will make about 6.5 times less than the lowest-paid player on the field. The rookie who is getting paid a minimum will make $22,941 a week.

• At $1,058,823 per weekly paycheck, Peyton Manning will make 302 times more than the head referee officiating the game.

Tanbass

Bump maybe...."Strike"?? NFW!!

blackglass3

I seriously think a Pistons/Pacers type brawl is going to happen soon, like within the next few weeks.