NFL Prepared to Hire Replacement Refs

[sportscurmudgeon]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Wouldn't surprise me at all. It seems like all the stopping and starting of the games has gotten worse over the years. W/ the slow instant re-play process, numerous flags being thrown. One thing I'd like them to do is get rid of the 2 minute warning. Really no need for it at all.

The 2-minute warning used to be important when the stadium clocks were unofficial and the offical time was kept by an official on the field.

Today, the 2-minute warning is a way for the networks to fit in another sequence of ads - - which generate the revenue that allows the networks to pay the NFL billions of dollars to televise the games which goes to the owners who pay the players who ...