Not touching the players

[bkbjones]

1. Knowing Nancy, who is a Seattle area resident, I can assure you that she is NOT a babe. (The name is something of a joke.)

2. It seems like it has been dang near 20 years since The Fabulous Sports Babe has been on the air full time. Actually, she has been going through some health issues. But...she was pushing for that 20 years ago as were others.

It would be nice, I suppose, if we could make NFL officials "full time," but it ain't happening. In fact, many of the owners feel that bringing these folks in from a wide cross-section of professions lends some the "color" to the game and a broader sense of judgement.

IMHO, it's just not a good idea to try to make football officials full-time. Too many weeks of off-season. And how close are our NFL brethren to a Tim Donaghy-type disaster? Since many are top professionals in their career field, anything like that would be doubly punitive -- as long as they are not full-time NFL officials.

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Maybe it is nicer to hear this from a "sports babe", but she is just echoing comments which have been made for nearly 20 years.

And to be honest, if my math is correct, even with a weekend off during the season and working just 16 games during regular season, $8K a game is a pretty healthy paycheck for seasonal work.