Did you read the article??
Actually, I didn't, but I have now. Not convinced in the least.
"To me, this is so simple and easy. They need to be full time and they need that so that they can improve and get better in the offseason, just as players do. Does one not think that with extensive video that things such as 'Roughing the Passer' and 'Spearing' can be better well defined? One would think that even the complexities of 'Holding' might even be looked at and understood. Certain actions would be easily spotted and defined as penalties and others would not be. What is so wrong with officials understanding the game more and having guidelines on penalties defined further? To me it would improve the game in a big way and if these guidelines as to what was legal and what would be a penalty were further broken down, it could help players even more, As of now, in one game, a penalty may be called while in another the exact same action might not be flagged. This leaves so many gray areas open to snap judgement and individual decisions. The offseason could also be used for practice and mock games, so officials get to make the calls and learn and improve. Practice does make perfect and I can really believe that in time, officials will be making more correct calls than ever. If you have to call a hundred or more Pass Interference calls and you see in replay which were correct and which were not and why, I think there would be improvement when the REAL games were being played. It is just common sense that there would be a marked improvement if the offseason of officials was spent improving and honing their skills. "..... I think in many ways we ALL agree in the refs getting it right...IF only...