Seriously, please site the NFL games where the outcome was determined by the replacement officials.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

While "FOX NFL Sunday" Officiating Expert Mike Pereira is embarrassed by what's happened, retired NFL Referee Jerry Markbreit was a guest on "The Dan Patrick Show" this morning. Markbreit, who retired in 1998, is embarrassed by the lack of "game administration" with the replacement officials the last couple of weeks:

http://www.danpatrick.com/2012/09/19/je ... situation/

no shit. the retired refs sitting on cushy pensions dont like that their source of money might be dissolved. wow i cant believe it.

new refs are D- and old refs are D. i like that. seems about right.

All these people saying the old refs sucked...are you grading them based on the quality of their calls or how they managed a game?

I'm not going to try to argue whether or not the new guys are that much worse when it comes to get calls right or wrong, but it seems like they are having to conference on shit that the regular refs would have seemed to know easily and the games drag on far too long.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

Fuck! Mercy. Goddamn.

Loving this SNF atmosphere. Reminds me of ECW Arena.

Sweet false dichotomy bro

Anyway, shitty refs or not, I can't see how the league doesn't suspend ol' grabby Bill for his antics after the game.

That's a fine, not a suspension.

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

He must be suspended.

Otherwise players are free to grab officials. The league doesn't want that.

How does a coach grabbing a ref allow players to do the same?

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

Because if there is no suspension, there can't be one for a player. It would be fought and overturned.

Kyle Shanahan Chased The Refs Into The Tunnel, Yelling "You Have No Fucking Balls"

By Barry Petchesky, Sep 24, 2012 11:50 AM

Last week, the NFL issued warnings to coaches about abusing or berating the replacement refs. So naturally, multiple games yesterday ended in chaos, with coaches abusing and berating the replacement refs.

The end of the Bengals-Redskins game was especially anarchic, as DC Sports Bog breaks down. On Cincinnati's 34-yard line, Robert Griffin III spiked the ball with seven seconds left. On the next play, Washington was flagged for a false start. The officials—incorrectly—wound ten seconds off the clock, ending the game and sending the Cincinnati sideline out to flood the field in celebration.

As the officials conferred, offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan came on to the field to argue. He was in the right—since the clock had been stopped by the spike, no time should have been taken off for the penalty. Order was restored, and the Redskins were given one more play, with the ball moved back 25 yards. Why 25? Five for the false start, 15 for an unsportsmanlike conduct on Shanahan, and five extra yards because the scab refs have no idea what they're doing out there.

Griffin's Hail Mary was batted down, and the refs sprinted for the safety of their locker room. They were pursued by a furious Shanahan, who, according to ESPN Radio 980, yelled "You have no fucking balls, you are a fucking pussy."

Shanahan didn't appear to make contact with the official, but the league is already reviewing the incident and he'll likely face a fine. Because the NFL wants you to remember, the fault lies with the players and coaches who get mad at the referees' mistakes, and not with the referees who make them.

I don't think a suspension is warranted. Maybe a fine. Every scoring play is supposed to be reviewed. Apparently a FG that goes over the top isn't reviewable, but I doubt Bill knew that and he wanted an explanation why it wasn't being reviewed. The refs just ignored him and hauled ass out of there.