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By "the refs need to be full-time," are you saying "the refs shouldn't be allowed to hold any other jobs"? Even though the NFL season, including playoffs and exhibitions, only lasts half the year? And even though many of the officials' "day jobs" include refereeing college football -- experience that should make them BETTER at their NFL jobs?
I totally understand frustration with refereeing errors, but IMO the whole full-time angle is a red herring. They already earn six-figure salaries, and they already take their work very, very seriously. A full-time label won't change the fact that they're still fallible human beings.
Amen! It's ridiculous that this one penalty can so dwarf all others. They can still keep the current version for "flagrant fouls" to prevent out-and-out tackling of breakaway receivers.
I have been screaming this for years but the out and out tackle is usually not even a PI call its usually a holding call. Player gets beat at the line or the receivers first cut and grabs the receiver and/or pulls him down which usually occurs quickly and before the ball is in the air. So that excuse doesn't even work for me.