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Originally Posted by Ruhskins
I thought I heard Andrew Brandt on the Ross Tucker podcast saying that the officials were against doing this, while the league actually wanted this. Given the issues in officiating, I can't see the NFL having an issue making this happening now.
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Why Are the NFL Refs Locked Out? It’s All in the Game | The Nation
{This could be a completely off-base representation, it's purely google knowledge with no fact checking or compare contrast research done, but it does ring true to me.}
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Look at the demands being made of the referees: NFL owners want them to stop being part-time labor and instead work full-time for the league. Sounds great, except they want the refs to eliminate their other sources of income while taking a 16 percent cut in salary. They also want to eliminate their pensions and replace them with 401k plans tied to the stock market. Put simply, the owners line is less pay, less benefits, and if you don’t like it we’re locking the doors.
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