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Hoopers, you said it yourself. But just think a bit first ... if you believe that no one can get a fairly officiated game in the NFL, then logically the game is officiated perfectly fair for both teams in every game since BOTH teams are being short changed so severely.
Let's think about this one for a minute. If you make all of the officials in the NFL "full time" officials, what are you going to change nationally (think about how many associations there are in the U.S. alone!)to make officials even more qualified BEFORE they get into the NFL? If you don't think that's a problem, think about how many youngsters (not those ancient 50 year old dudes with 20-30 years of actual on-field experience)you are going to have to give a full time wage for several years just to bring them up to your NFL standards prior to putting them on the fields.
How many of the plays, both offensive and defensive, that failed so badly without an official's call being made at all were called by the officials? Maybe Seattle just simply got outplayed.
Finally, can you give me an estimate as to how many of the media personnel have actually had any training as an official in terms of rules interpretation, mechanics, philosophy, etc. Make sure you include the former players who so often speak with such impeccable expertise about rules they never heard about in their life.
You might want to be a little more careful about who you are listening to ... radio talk show hosts aren't all that reliable. If they were, most would be out of a job for not stirring up enough controversy.
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