As it appears, the NFL referee lockout will soon be over!! I want to thank whoever finally got this ball rolling and made the necessary work to get the agreement in principle with the league and the NFLRA. The rumor is that the refs may be ready to be on the field this weekend, which will be glorious!! In all reality, this will be the last week that we have to deal with the scab refs and we will get the real refs back next week. It's not a moment too soon.
Now, all you fans out there, remember these past three weeks, cause I don't want to hear any bitching when the real refs come back. Yes, they will make mistakes, but they didn't mess up as bad as this garbage that we have witnessed the past three weeks. fans in the stadiums should give the officials a standing ovation when they return to the field and be grateful these hard-working men are back.
This being said, I know I've been upset with the replacement referees, but they were trying their best to do a job that they were not trained for or properly qualified for. They might not have been so bad, if they had the constant training that the real officials go through. I have more anger towards the league and the commishioner, who in their arrongance thought they could throw anyone out there and not miss a beat. It missed a lot of beats.
The two good things that happened from this ordeal is that we finally got a female official for an NFL game, that was long overdue and needs to happen again soon, and we all should have a greater appriciation for these officials, who may not be perfect, but they are better than the alternative.
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