Goodell: NFL to consider full-time officials

[JasonTX]

I think this is just a marketing ploy by the NFL to make the fans feel better by having "full time" officials. These guys already put in long hours doing film study and camps. There isn't much more they can do that they aren't already doing.

[Tom.OH]

As tjones stated the full time officials would be R's so that takes care of 10 crews, what about the other 6 crews ?

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by Tom.OH

As tjones stated the full time officials would be R's so that takes care of 10 crews, what about the other 6 crews ?

Actually, there are 17 crews. At least one crew always has the week off.

[HLin NC]

So how does one guy for every one and half crews lead to an increase in "consistency"? I like Goodell but someone sold him a lemon on this one.

[Texas Aggie]

This might be a good idea IF...it didn't end up making most current officials leave. Like mentioned above, there are many top officials who wouldn't join full time since FT would mean more time than what's now spent. So, they'd either have to stagger in FT officials or you'd have to deal with losing a lot of experience.

Contrary to what's expressed here, I think going full time would be better than what's done now. On a typical game weekend, the crews meet mid-day Friday and leave mid-day Monday while either working the game or in film study or review most working hours. A full 2-3 week camp during the summer, 3 or 4 1 week mini-camps during the spring, team scrimmages and clinics. They'd easily put in 40-45 full time weeks but still would be home more than the average national sales rep.

[johnnyg08]

I agree completely with the other posters on here...what could they possibly be doing more of that they aren't already doing? They make plenty of money.

[bisonlj]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

I agree completely with the other posters on here...what could they possibly be doing more of that they aren't already doing? They make plenty of money.

If you had a job paying $60-$80k and you were making an additional $15-$20k working D1 football, would you take a pay cut to $40k-$50 to start working the NFL? You'll eventually move up the ladder but unless they start paying them equivalent to what some are making in their current jobs, guys will chose their regular jobs over the NFL.