Dennis, I wholeheartedly agree. The refs are asking for way too much. The second worst thing that could happen as a result of the Monday Night Debacle would be the NFL caving to the refs absurd demands. <div><br></div><div>
Personally, I am indifferent about whether the replacement refs continue for the whole year -- its never going to get worse for the Pack than it was on Monday night, so bring it on. And here's a prediction: once the real refs come back, the press will be filled with stories about how great their officiating has been, whether true or not (and the stories will not be based on any objective data). It makes for a better story.</div>
<div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Brad Jansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bljansen@gmail.com" target="_blank">bljansen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>Excellent point--NFL, if you will, has dropped the ball on how to portray this labor dispute and the effects of the refs' intransigence.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<div>--Brad<br><br></div></font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Dennis Adams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dadams17@gmail.com" target="_blank">dadams17@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">Really we should all be cheering for the Giants, Yankees, and the NFL to resolve the referee situation. This is my NFL experience bias speaking, but I think the real refs are coming out of this unscathed. Lost in all of this is the fact that reffing is their 2nd job. So these guys are essentially complaining that their SECOND JOB doesn't pay them 6 figures?!? I don't blame the NFL for refusing to yield to those demands. These guys don't want to be full-time refs but want to be compensated like they are.
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Brad Jansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bljansen@gmail.com" target="_blank">bljansen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Klein, why are you rooting for the Tigers?? Now <em>I'm </em>getting pissed off.</div>
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<div>--Sad Brad<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:46 AM, Andrew Klein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anrklein@gmail.com" target="_blank">anrklein@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">I don't think Jeff or I said the call was correct ... only that the Packers had the ability to control their own fate, but failed to do so.<br><br>And, for Brad's benefit: Looks like it's all tied up in the AL Central. Go Tigers!!<br>
<br>-Andy
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<div dir="ltr">Jeff and Andy- just so you know, you are the only fans in America who think the right call was made. Here's how anyone with a real knowledge of football really feels....<br> <br>
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<div><a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/nfl-replacement-refs-roger-goodell-seattle-seahawks-green-bay-packers-092412" target="_blank">http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/nfl-replacement-refs-roger-goodell-seattle-seahawks-green-bay-packers-092412</a> </div>
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