Replacement Ref Discussion Thread - Deal Reached, Will Work Thursday

[killgod]

These guys are weirdos, personally I question the sanity (and employment/relationship status) of anybody who has the time to watch 8 hours Sunday afternoon, SNF, MNF, & TNF every single week. There are very few people who do this.

I also don't understand the argument of "you didn't watch a primetime game this week, so your opinion is invalid".

168 hours in a week.

I sleep for 49.
Work for 50 (travel included).

Leaving 68 hours to live a life. I'm not dedicating 27% of my available time to watching a single sport.

 

[Aso]

really, just stop

i've been watching the NFL for 30 years, fanatical to the point of quitting jobs over it (twice)

if this is what you are going to resort to when you've run out of competent arguments in a debate, perhaps it's you that shouldn't be posting here

this is low level stuff

Well thats just insane.

 

[Glenbino]

I'm not really sure what this thread is about anymore...

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

You watch baseball every day. Assuming its only 1 game per day, that means you devote a minimun of 21 hours per week to MLB. How the fuck is that any different?

You kinda just answered your own question.

Like a normal person, I have other interest. If i've watched football all day on Sunday, I can take an hour to watch Boardwalk Empire with my GF, or take her out to dinner or something and skip some, all, or most of the SNF game.

If my GF is off from work on a Monday or Thursday, chances are we're doing something together and i'm not blowing her off for Titans/Jags. Sorry. If she's working, and i'm otherwise free, sure, i'll watch a midweek game.

And I don't even have kids taking up my time. And I have a (for the most part) work at home job.

My NFL viewing goes like this. I'm watching all day Sunday. End of story. I'm watching the Rams with undivided attention. End of story. I'm watching Monday/Thursday/SNF if there is nothing else going on in my life. Those games are not 'clear the schedule' games. If it's early in the season, i'm not watching Bears/Vikings instead of a Reds game on a Monday or Thursday. No chance. I'm a die hard Reds fan, the Bears can get lost, i'll channel flip. I probably end up watching 30-40% of the primetime games in full, the rest are bits and pieces or maybe a half.

You can more than competently follow the NFL watching on Sundays. Sports like baseball, NBA, NHL, these are daily marathons, if you are a die hard you need to be into it several days per week to have a feel for it.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I'm not really sure what this thread is about anymore...

It's about the idea that apparently you can't have an opinion unless you devote your entire life to watching every second of every game, or something.

 

[FedEx227]

It's about the idea that apparently you can't have an opinion unless you devote your entire life to watching every second of every game, or something.

Lots of NFL fans are that way, which is why my interest level in the NFL is pretty much zero at this point. Not wasting an entire day off eating, watching ex-athletes laugh in a studio and watching some football in-between 2,000 car commercials. I'll catch some games, have them on in the background, etc. but the cult like devotion to watching every second is stupid. People have lives.

 

[ZoneBlitz]

You kinda just answered your own question.

Like a normal person, I have other interest. If i've watched football all day on Sunday, I can take an hour to watch Boardwalk Empire with my GF, or take her out to dinner or something and skip some, all, or most of the SNF game.

If my GF is off from work on a Monday or Thursday, chances are we're doing something together and i'm not blowing her off for Titans/Jags. Sorry. If she's working, and i'm otherwise free, sure, i'll watch a midweek game.

And I don't even have kids taking up my time. And I have a (for the most part) work at home job.

My NFL viewing goes like this. I'm watching all day Sunday. End of story. I'm watching the Rams with undivided attention. End of story. I'm watching Monday/Thursday/SNF if there is nothing else going on in my life. Those games are not 'clear the schedule' games. If it's early in the season, i'm not watching Bears/Vikings instead of a Reds game on a Monday or Thursday. No chance. I'm a die hard Reds fan, the Bears can get lost, i'll channel flip. I probably end up watching 30-40% of the primetime games in full, the rest are bits and pieces or maybe a half.

You can more than competently follow the NFL watching on Sundays. Sports like baseball, NBA, NHL, these are daily marathons, if you are a die hard you need to be into it several days per week to have a feel for it.

What in the fucking shit are you rambling about?

I asked you a simple question.

You say 18 hours of NFL per week is "insane", so i ask you how is your 21 hours per week of MLB any different?

I expect a real answer this time.

 

[Tailback U]

Pretty good article done by those guys that ralaw posted.

Interesting to see that they are missing illegal procedure calls and defensive PI is actually up when a lot of people have been saying that they like the way the refs are calling the games because they are "letting them play." There's no excuse for missing illegal procedure calls, those aren't judgement calls, they have to get those right.

My only gripe with the article is that it has only been 2 weeks. That's not even 1/10th of a sample if you count the post-season. Hopefully they continue to track all the calls throughout the regular and post season because I doubt the percentages will stay the same.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Pretty good article done by those guys that ralaw posted.

Interesting to see that they are missing illegal procedure calls and defensive PI is actually up when a lot of people have been saying that they like the way the refs are calling the games because they are "letting them play."

My only gripe with the article is that it has only been 2 weeks. That's not even 1/10th of a sample if you count the post-season. Hopefully they continue to track all the calls throughout the regular and post season because I doubt the percentages will stay the same.

They won't need to, because this thing is going to end soon.

The NFL is going to want to quiet this storm if it gets any worse. A deal will get done, and then we can all stop talking about this.

 

[jms493]

Thread Officially Derailed.......

 

[killgod]

They won't need to, because this thing is going to end soon.

The NFL is going to want to quiet this storm if it gets any worse. A deal will get done, and then we can all stop talking about this.

Then we can talk about how bad the real refs are :yao:

 

[Maynard]

My opinion is invalid because I only watch 6-8 hours of NFL per week? Okay...

You're superior because you watch more? Okay... Not sure how total minutes of NFL watched defines your understanding of what you see, but I digress.

Because there's no rule that says you have to watch every minute of NFL action per week to post in here.

i never said any of this...why are you taking a simple comment and running wild with it....lmao....i didnt say any of this stuff and i wasnt even thinking it

 

[killgod]

i never said any of this...why are you taking a simple comment and running wild with it....lmao....i didnt say any of this stuff and i wasnt even thinking it

I was just speaking generally to how the thread, and mainly ZB, was taking it. It wasn't meant to be direct at you.

 

[Maynard]

Thread Officially Derailed.......

its Peter Kings fault

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

its Peter Kings fault

Cornelius is Peter King?

 

[Senser81]

Cornelius is Peter King?

I've had my suspicions for years...

 

[Maynard]

Cornelius is Peter King?

i would hope you know who you are plagiarizing

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

i would hope you know who your plagiarizing

herp derp Maynard, herp derp

 

[Maynard]

herp derp Maynard, herp derp

did Mike Martz just say that on twitter?

 

[NAHSTE]

Then we can talk about how bad the real refs are :yao:

Only if you are a SUPER HARD CORE UBER FAN who watches every second of every game though.

:maynard: