the NFL is satisfied
 

A sure sign that we'll see no improvements to the disasterous officiating in the NFL. Ah, well. Bring on March Madness!

a sure sign alright
 

ahhh a sure sign that we will see hooper on the baskeball board next month complaing about how the officials in the regional semi final cost some poor team the national championship, by calling a player control foul and not an and one for the block when the defender was clearly in the no charge circle.......
sheeeeeeeesh......

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.

REPLY: Hey Bob...don't you go disparaging us "...50 year old dudes with 20-30 years of actual on-field experience." I can get my walker up and down the field with the best of them!
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50 year olds with walkers
 

Yo, Bob M: It was intended that Hooper would notice the attempt at sarcasm I embedded in my message to help him discover his ineptitude in the area of political correctness, not to mention his insults, both implied and overt, to those of us (myself included 59 years old with 25 years experience)in the offended group. I'm certain he would choose the 25 year old full-time brain surgeon over the 50 year old with 25 years of experience who only performs from September thru January... but not me! I'll take the guy with experience every time.