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Football refs work 16 games a year...MLB umpires work 135 or so....it's to be expected that more mistakes will be made in the course of a baseball season than a football season...in determining the top NFL officials, each game must be looked at more closely and each call scrutinized to a higher degree. MLB umpires travel every 3 to 4 days, as opposed to once a week. I have no idea which is more difficult, an NFL or MLB game, but it would seem that the life of an MLB umpire is more difficult and so perhaps they are given more leeway.
That being said, if you want to see if guys are held accountable for their actions just look at playoff assignments. If guys don't do their job to the liking of their supervisors, they don't get the playoffs. Just because MLB doesn't trash their umpires in the media doesn't mean they get a free ride.
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