** Superbowl XL Crew **

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by hooper


"fanboys" - that clearly shows you know nothing about me either. The rest of the officials in the country and I will continue to take an honest look at a game that had many, many errors in it. You can look away if you like.

The actual problem here is not about who won the SuperBowl or how it was officiated, the issue is what changes need to be made to make the officials more accurate. Perhaps camera angles from above the field for replays. Perhaps full-time officials who are paid full-time wages. Perhaps additional officials on the field. Or off-field officials always reviewing the replays. Or rules changes/clarifications. Now THAT'S an interesting discussion to have!

You mentioned full-time officials being a possibility. I have also seen this talked about by many media members and no one gives an explanation as to how this is supposed to work.

How is making officials "full-time" going to change anything? There are only so many games an official can work. All crews only work one game a week. The NFL is not like the MLB or the NBA where there are multiple games in a week. NFL officials already spend all week reviewing tapes, going over evaluations and talking to each other before they meet up on the weekend for crew meetings. How are you going to make officials spend more time working at a sport that is only weekly? I am not sure how that is going to make officiating better?

Peace