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2012 NFL Random Chatter

  • karen lotz
    @CollinsDrew: That call last night swung $150M-$250M of bets. Good grief - http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8422934/seattle-seahawks-vs-green-bay-packers-disputed-mnf-call-shifted-150-250m-bets

    Whoa
  • karen lotz
    @TCrabtree83: Imagine you make a painting. It isn't perfect by others' standards, but it's your painting. You are proud. Then someone takes a shit on it.
  • gorocks99
    karen lotz;1279941 wrote:@TCrabtree83: Imagine you make a painting. It isn't perfect by others' standards, but it's your painting. You are proud. Then someone takes a shit on it.
    lol
  • like_that
    lol'd

    David Burge     ‏    @iowahawkblog     Has Obama apologized to the refs yet?
  • Speedofsand
    SportsAndLady;1279850 wrote:That wasn't funny...Florida SUCKS
    Did I claim it to be funny or not? No. This is NFL Random Chatter, please stay on topic of the thread. If I posted a tweet by a former ND or OSU player and said that team SUCKS, I'd be called a troll and bant. Lucky for you the rules are "flexible" here depending on who the poster is.
  • like_that
    Speedofsand;1279946 wrote:Did I claim it to be funny or not? No. This is NFL Random Chatter, please stay on topic of the thread. If I posted a tweet by a former ND or OSU player and said that team SUCKS, I'd be called a troll and bant. Lucky for you the rules are "flexible" here depending on who the poster is.
    Stay on topic, thanks.

    Anyway, apparently some of these refs were fired from the Lingerie football league lolfail. http://deadspin.com/5946112/the-lingerie-football-league-announces-that-it-fired-a-couple-crews-which-apparently-are-now-officiating-in-the-nfl-because-of-incompetence
  • Gblock
    karen lotz;1279937 wrote:@CollinsDrew: That call last night swung $150M-$250M of bets. Good grief - http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8422934/seattle-seahawks-vs-green-bay-packers-disputed-mnf-call-shifted-150-250m-bets

    Whoa
    this reminds me back in my betting days. i can imagine myself on either side of this game on a bet to get even for the weekend and losing on the last play and then having to pay double instead of being even on tuesday...uuuuugggh
  • gorocks99
    League to address the call today: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000066116/article/nfl-will-address-hail-mary-call-on-tuesday?campaign=Facebook_atl_rosenthal
  • BR1986FB
    Also just read where Goodell has the power to overturn this call if he so chooses.
  • gorocks99
    BR1986FB;1279996 wrote:Also just read where Goodell has the power to overturn this call if he so chooses.
    This has as good a chance of happening as me shitting out bacon for the rest of my life.
  • BR1986FB
    gorocks99;1280003 wrote:This has as good a chance of happening as me shitting out bacon for the rest of my life.
    Start eating !

    I'd love to see the smug look wiped off Pete Carroll's face.
  • DeyDurkie5
    gorocks99;1280003 wrote:This has as good a chance of happening as me shitting out bacon for the rest of my life.
    I'd let you shit in my mouth.
  • IggyPride00
    BR1986FB;1279996 wrote:Also just read where Goodell has the power to overturn this call if he so chooses.
    He has been championing the replacement refs harder than anyone, does he really have it in him to eat a plate of crow that large?
  • j_crazy
    DeyDurkie5;1280006 wrote:I'd let you shit in my mouth.

    Bingo.
  • Sonofanump
    "Two Ohio Chatterers, one plate of bacon"
  • SportsAndLady
    sportchampps;1279860 wrote:I'm sure AOL thought the same thing. We have an All Time high number of users we don't need to make changes. We don't need to listen to our customer base. Just because their getting great ratings doesnt mean the bad PR isnt hurting them.

    Great analogy there, iggy. AOL could be replaced--and it was. The NFL cannot be replaced. There's no substitute.

    And besides..the NFL makes changes, yearly. A lot of really, really good changes that listens to coaches, players, even fans. This has nothing to do with "change" rather a bunch of egomaniacs trying to get a 30% increase in salary for a part time job where they are already making one hundred and twenty thousand dollars.


    Just because there was one bad call that caused one loss on a 16 game season, where they were actually pretty good up until, doesn't mean Goodell should cave to the regular referees who aren't perfect out there.

    Agree to disagree or not...you're not going to change my mind.
  • wildcats20
    If the commish overturns this call he might as well just end the NFL. Regardless of how bad a call was, the on field refs are the final judge and jury. Not some retarded guy in a suit, in an office in New York City.
  • BR1986FB
    SportsAndLady;1280026 wrote:Great analogy there, iggy. AOL could be replaced--and it was. The NFL cannot be replaced. There's no substitute.

    And besides..the NFL makes changes, yearly. A lot of really, really good changes that listens to coaches, players, even fans. This has nothing to do with "change" rather a bunch of egomaniacs trying to get a 30% increase in salaryfor a part time job where they are already making one hundred and twenty thousand dollars.


    Just because there was one bad call that caused one loss on a 16 game season, where they were actually pretty good up until, doesn't mean Goodell should cave to the regular referees who aren't perfect out there.

    Agree to disagree or not...you're not going to change my mind.
    I don't think it's the salary increase as much as their demand for pensions. They want the NFL to put $38k, yearly, into a pension on top of the salary increase.
  • Sonofanump
    SportsAndLady;1280026 wrote:30% increase in salaryfor a part time job where they are already making one hundred and twenty thousand dollars.
    120,000 x 1.0287 (2.87 % raise) x 17 (number of current crews) / 20 (number of crews NFL wants) does not equal an increase of 30%. It equals a decrease in salary of 12.56%.
    120,000 x 1.3 =/= 104,927.
  • Sonofanump
    BR1986FB;1280034 wrote:I don't think it's the salary increase as much as their demand for pensions. They want the NFL to put $38k, yearly, into a pension on top of the salary increase.
    What was the pension last contract?
  • BR1986FB
    Sonofanump;1280043 wrote:What was the pension last contract?
    This is all I've got. Why they are even getting a pension in the first place is beyond me...

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/post/nfl-referee-lockout-where-do-things-stand/2012/09/25/6a452118-0713-11e2-a10c-fa5a255a9258_blog.html
  • Sonofanump
    BR1986FB;1280048 wrote:This is all I've got. Why they are even getting a pension in the first place is beyond me...

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/post/nfl-referee-lockout-where-do-things-stand/2012/09/25/6a452118-0713-11e2-a10c-fa5a255a9258_blog.html
    "The locked out officials are in favor of continuing the traditional pension plan already in place"
  • SportsAndLady
    Sonofanump;1280041 wrote:120,000 x 1.0287 (2.87 % raise) x 17 (number of current crews) / 20 (number of crews NFL wants) does not equal an increase of 30%. It equals a decrease in salary of 12.56%.
    120,000 x 1.3 =/= 104,927.
    You can't just throw random numbers out, ref, and expect me to understand what the hell they mean. The refs want to be paid 160k a year. They make 120k a year...33% raise, I rounded down to 30%.
  • Sonofanump
    SportsAndLady;1280073 wrote:You can't just throw random numbers out, ref, and expect me to understand what the hell they mean. The refs want to be paid 160k a year. They make 120k a year...33% raise, I rounded down to 30%.
    My numbers are not random. The offer was 2.87% raise per game but to increase the crews from 17 to 20 therefore reducing the number of games worked by 15% and they get paid per game worked. I thought you were in finance or something similar.

    Link for your information?
  • SportsAndLady
    Sonofanump;1280080 wrote:My numbers are not random. The offer was 2.87% raise per game but to increase the crews from 17 to 20 therefore reducing the number of games worked by 15% and they get paid per game worked. I thought you were in finance or something similar.

    Link for your information?
    Well that makes sense...just throwing out random multiplication problems doesn't help anyone.