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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Interesting angle TX... refs get paid barely enough for a professional living in many cities, while the league makes billions and the players make millions. It takes decades to earn that zebra shirt, and they get nothing but crap from everybody.

    It’s not hard to imagine why a little extra cash in the pocket could be a strong motivator.

    They get paid pretty good fo working a few hours a week.
  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 9,969
    edited October 2019
    Being a ref is a thankless job. They can hardly get anybody to be a ref in lower levels because of all the beeotching from parents etc. Refs getting threatened or even beat up walking to their vehicles after games. As for the Lion game, I have to say the Lions had 5 field goals. You have five field goals in a game and you can't b*tch about losing. Make one of those five FG's a touchdown and you win. Plus, Stafford's yards were all in the first quarter - and they had no run game whatsoever the entire game. The Lions got the ball with 8 minutes left and the lead and all they had to do was sustain a drive to waste the clock - instead they gave the ball back. Even the semblance of a run game and the Lions would've won. The Lion's first TD was a fourth down and goal and one ref called a TD and the others didn't. That call was just as debatable as the last. Plus, the Packers had 3 turnovers - and two dropped passes that were sure touchdowns. Yet, the Lions couldn't convert and had 5 field goals. "The refs decided the game" is a refrain you hear often, and sometimes - like the Saints game last year that kept them from the Super Bowl - it sure seemed like it, but more often its there are many plays throughout the game that are determinative of who wins and who loses. Monday night was a boring game by two pretty mediocre teams. If there was some conspiracy I don't think it would've been used on them.
  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    dromunds wrote: »
    Being a ref is a thankless job. They can hardly get anybody to be a ref in lower levels because of all the beeotching from parents etc. Refs getting threatened or even beat up walking to their vehicles after games. As for the Lion game, I have to say the Lions had 5 field goals. You have five field goals in a game and you can't b*tch about losing. Make one of those five FG's a touchdown and you win. Plus, Stafford's yards were all in the first quarter - and they had no run game whatsoever the entire game. The Lions got the ball with 8 minutes left and the lead and all they had to do was sustain a drive to waste the clock - instead they gave the ball back. Even the semblance of a run game and the Lions would've won. The Lion's first TD was a fourth down and goal and one ref called a TD and the others didn't. That call was just as debatable as the last. Plus, the Packers had 3 turnovers - and two dropped passes that were sure touchdowns. Yet, the Lions couldn't convert and had 5 field goals. "The refs decided the game" is a refrain you hear often, and sometimes - like the Saints game last year that kept them from the Super Bowl - it sure seemed like it, but more often its there are many plays throughout the game that are determinative of who wins and who loses. Monday night was a boring game by two pretty mediocre teams. If there was some conspiracy I don't think it would've been used on them.

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,033
    And it's a great story line for Aaron Rogers to ride off into the sunset after another ring...
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 9,969
    You and I both should put a chunk on the Packers to win the super bowl right now. Lol. Aaron Rogers is an over the hill primadonna that argues with his coach on the sidelines and blames others and rolls his eyes when things aren't going right. They'll probably get into the playoffs and lose in the first or second round when they hit a team that won't let them come back. For most of the game Monday he sucked - the whole first half was a joke - but that last TD bomb to Lazard was a thing of beauty, as was the catch. He can do still do that once in a while but not as much as he used to. The Packers are stuck with an overpaid, over the hill QB, like several other teams. But he's the "name" that's bringing in big revenue for the Corporation, and that's the name of the game nowadays not football.
  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,033
    edited October 2019
    afterburnt wrote: »
    Interesting angle TX... refs get paid barely enough for a professional living in many cities, while the league makes billions and the players make millions. It takes decades to earn that zebra shirt, and they get nothing but crap from everybody.

    It’s not hard to imagine why a little extra cash in the pocket could be a strong motivator.

    They get paid pretty good fo working a few hours a week.

    They work more than you think, and if you take that over the couple decades they were either volunteers or paid very little at the HS. and College levels to get there, they don't get enough to put up with the BS from multi-millionaire crybaby athletes, drunken fans and a host of others, at least in my opinion.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    edited October 2019
    afterburnt wrote: »
    Interesting angle TX... refs get paid barely enough for a professional living in many cities, while the league makes billions and the players make millions. It takes decades to earn that zebra shirt, and they get nothing but crap from everybody.

    It’s not hard to imagine why a little extra cash in the pocket could be a strong motivator.

    They get paid pretty good fo working a few hours a week.

    They work more than you think, and if you take that over the couple decades they were either volunteers or paid very little at the HS. and College levels to get there, they don't get enough to put up with the BS from multi-millionaire crybaby athletes, drunken fans and a host of others, at least in my opinion.

    Yeah and some people major in **** dance theory. Maybe they should have pursued a real career?
  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Should a prostitute complain about getting screwed?
  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Do these nincompoops grow up playing in their backyards spiking yellow flags and saying "Mike Carey!"?
  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,420
    Vikings win again!
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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,042
    It seems the defense of the Pats in addition to smothering offense lines now has even stopped the people that had been crying cheat :)
    I must admit I did not expect that outcome last night especially since the Jets beat the Cowboys the previous week.
  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    It seems the defense of the Pats in addition to smothering offense lines now has even stopped the people that had been crying cheat :)
    I must admit I did not expect that outcome last night especially since the Jets beat the Cowboys the previous week.

    I liked it when the Jets QB hit the wide open defender with a perfect pass!
  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,124
    looks like a bunch of moldy cheese heads sitting in the stands in LA
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,033
    Kirk Cousins wilts under pressure yet again....
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,420
    Kirk Cousins wilts under pressure yet again....

    Missed the game. Maybe that's why they lost but it looked to be close
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,646
    Yay Bal'more/Ball-T-more!
  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,033
    This was the best play of the week in football.

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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,420
    This was the best play of the week in football.


    Well the giants are going to have bad luck for the rest of the season now...
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  • Minnesota got a gem in Zimmer. As a Bengals fan, it sucks to lose him. Could care less about Gruden, but guys like Zimmer are hard to find.
  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    WOW... Titans defeat the Chefs
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  • WOW... Titans defeat the Chefs
    Wow is right, I didn't see this coming.
  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    Falcons rout Saints 26-9
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  • WagnerRC
    WagnerRC Posts: 2,138
    Damn fun game . Go Hawks
  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,009
    Jimmy Garoppolo had "butterfinger" hands.

    It was a great game!!! Defenses were outstanding. It seemed the refs didn't call a lot of the fouls I thought were fouls and had been called just that in other games this year already.

    We here, were hoping for the 49's.

    That interception on Russel Wilson near the end of reg. time reminded me of that Super Bowl (?) interception he threw at the end of that game right at the goal line also.

    Injuries on the 49er's last night took out some of their top players. Kittle to name number 1. Then the little guy, he sure was missed too.

    It was on Garoppolo's shoulders the second half! He did his part for the most part..LOL.

    The rookie field goal kicker did great to tie the game. Then failed to win the game. Such a pooched shank of a kick! From hero to zero in 15 min.. :s
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  • Dabutcher
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 49,704
    Dabutcher wrote: »

    Why is the NFL completely ignoring the fact that the QB tried ripping off Garrett's helmet first!???????!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 49,704
    Clear evidence.

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