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Originally posted by ibumgardner
Shouldn't the referees get their share (notice I didn't say fair) of the pot?
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Do you think all of the actual full-time employees who work for the NFL got a 400% pay increase when the last television deal was signed? Did they even get a 100% increase? I bet not a one of them got a 40% increase.
These guys have a deal on the table. From what I've read, they're not getting any closer. I'm no union lawyer but it seems like they're asking for an awful lot. I can tell you this. If they screw around, they'll be sitting home on Sunday afternoon for the rest of their lives.
Stop watching football because of a labor dispute with the officials union? I don't think so. I don't watch Sunday football to watch the officials. I watch it to watch the players.
Good luck to each and every one of them.