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<blockquote data-quote="HyponGrey" data-source="post: 479689" data-attributes="member: 6441"><p>I've said the Officials needed to improve since the mid 90's. Not sure if that exonerates the "reactionary" label, but I'll give you that fact may very well mean I'm biased on the subject.</p><p> </p><p>If competitive advantage was my issue with the calling, the argument could be made to bring back the replacement refs, or (to use exaggeration) eliminate the referees to put everyone on the same footing. I'm not saying that the officiating today gives teams a competitive edge, but rather that officiating must improve not only to ensure no competitive edge is given, but as a matter of pride. Fact is the way to make up a bad call is not to call another penalty to even the edge (of which there is no evidence) but rather to not make the same bad call again. When you follow that logic, every bad call DOES give an edge, and therefore must be cracked down upon.</p><p> </p><p>The fact that I did not mention the grading criteria shows I have little experience.</p><p> </p><p>I agree that impediment is subjective, and the speed and action of the game make it difficult to spot. But when the only answer as to why it isn't penalized when blatant or called when there is little case for it is "must've been a warning" or "must not have seen it" (and I will give some leniency in those cases) something is wrong. Now I admit replay is extreme. In all truth more attention to the grades/tougher grades would IMO go a long way to deal with this problem. The head referees in some cases are more to blame for bad calls than the ref who called it for not better knowing the... lets call them "tendencies" of the men he is trusting to advise/support him.</p><p> </p><p>I did a partial boycott for a while and only watched the Packers and (for the duration of Marino's career) the Dolphins, then the referee contract dispute came around (9/11 happened and it was settled) and Officiating improved to the point that it wasn't worth boycotting, as it is not now. That does not mean officiating cannot/does not need to improve. Thought that it was a goal of the NFL to seek to always improve the quality of the game? Just sayin</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HyponGrey, post: 479689, member: 6441"] I've said the Officials needed to improve since the mid 90's. Not sure if that exonerates the "reactionary" label, but I'll give you that fact may very well mean I'm biased on the subject. If competitive advantage was my issue with the calling, the argument could be made to bring back the replacement refs, or (to use exaggeration) eliminate the referees to put everyone on the same footing. I'm not saying that the officiating today gives teams a competitive edge, but rather that officiating must improve not only to ensure no competitive edge is given, but as a matter of pride. Fact is the way to make up a bad call is not to call another penalty to even the edge (of which there is no evidence) but rather to not make the same bad call again. When you follow that logic, every bad call DOES give an edge, and therefore must be cracked down upon. The fact that I did not mention the grading criteria shows I have little experience. I agree that impediment is subjective, and the speed and action of the game make it difficult to spot. But when the only answer as to why it isn't penalized when blatant or called when there is little case for it is "must've been a warning" or "must not have seen it" (and I will give some leniency in those cases) something is wrong. Now I admit replay is extreme. In all truth more attention to the grades/tougher grades would IMO go a long way to deal with this problem. The head referees in some cases are more to blame for bad calls than the ref who called it for not better knowing the... lets call them "tendencies" of the men he is trusting to advise/support him. I did a partial boycott for a while and only watched the Packers and (for the duration of Marino's career) the Dolphins, then the referee contract dispute came around (9/11 happened and it was settled) and Officiating improved to the point that it wasn't worth boycotting, as it is not now. That does not mean officiating cannot/does not need to improve. Thought that it was a goal of the NFL to seek to always improve the quality of the game? Just sayin [/QUOTE]
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