mooby
08-08-2012, 11:26 PM
My thoughts exactly. NFL refereeing is frustrating enough to watch, so I think the replacements are going to be extremely annoying.
I get that sense too. At first I thought it would be a good thing, now I'm thinking we're probably all going to get extremely frustrated at some point this season when these replacement refs blow some calls.
As far as female refs go, I mean what is the big deal? Are they somehow going to ruin the upstanding reputations of all the male refs that have preceded them? (I keep saying them when I should be saying her lol). It's not like refs have a stellar reputation anyways, so I highly doubt this one scab female ref is going to do any better or worse than the rest of these scabs.
DynamiteRave
08-08-2012, 11:30 PM
I get that sense too. At first I thought it would be a good thing, now I'm thinking we're probably all going to get extremely frustrated at some point this season when these replacement refs blow some calls.
As far as female refs go, I mean what is the big deal? Are they somehow going to ruin the upstanding reputations of all the male refs that have preceded them? (I keep saying them when I should be saying her lol). It's not like refs have a stellar reputation anyways, so I highly doubt this one scab female ref is going to do any better or worse than the rest of these scabs.
Whatever happened to the female refs in the NBA? Bet they were better than those frauds that had been refing before.
mooby
08-08-2012, 11:39 PM
Whatever happened to the female refs in the NBA? Bet they were better than those frauds that had been refing before.
My memory is a bit fuzzy, but as long as they weren't betting on games and then directly calling penalties that impacted the outcome of said games, than they were automatically better than guys like Donaghy.
skinsfaninok
08-09-2012, 12:22 AM
Maybe the "fake " refs will actually see 98 getting tackled to the ground
InsaneBoost
08-09-2012, 12:43 AM
Can hear the 'back to the kitchen' chants already.
RGIII
08-09-2012, 08:54 AM
This thread title...
http://byspecialrequest.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/implied-facepalm1.jpg
Maybe if it read: Chicks with 'balls...
mlmpetert
08-09-2012, 10:47 AM
My thoughts exactly. NFL refereeing is frustrating enough to watch, so I think the replacements are going to be extremely annoying.
From Fox's booth ref Mike Pereria a couple days ago:
“They’ve tried to say that Craig Ochoa, who worked the (Hall of Fame) game, was a BCS official, that he worked in the Big Ten,” Pereira told The McNeil and Spiegel Show.
“He didn’t work in the Big Ten. He’s not been a major college official. I don’t think the NFL is going to say that he actually got released midway through the last lingerie football league season as a referee. I don’t think the league is going to put that out. The league wants as little out as possible. They don’t want people talking about it. They don’t want me talking about it. I don’t work for the NFL. I don’t manage the officials either. I don’t have a horse in this race."
Former NFL Chief Referee: NFL Is Lying About The Experience Of Replacement Refs « CBS Chicago (http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/08/07/pereira-replacement-refs-will-only-hurt-the-nfl/)
mlmpetert
08-09-2012, 10:52 AM
Maybe something like this? LINGERIE FOOTBALL LEAGUE / LINGERIE BOWL FRANCHISE - TRUE FANTASY FOOTBALL (http://www.lflus.com)
Ive stated this here before. The LFL is legit. And not because there are a lot of hot girls running around but because the play is legit. The amount of pads they wear may reveal more skin but it makes for a type of football you cant see anywhere else.
Honestly after the NFL and college i would say its easily the next best. Its the only indoor leauge worth watching, imho.
Monkeydad
08-09-2012, 10:54 AM
I think this will be just a preseason experiment. I'm not saying women are incapable of this job, but we'll see if they can physically handle it...plus the added scrutiny and backlash when they blow calls like their male counterparts.
Came in expecting this:
http://www.unathleticmag.com/wp-content/uploads/Redskins_Cheerleaders_86.jpg
Redskins Cheerleaders at a Parade | Unathletic (http://www.unathleticmag.com/2012/07/27/redskins-cheerleaders-sporting-the-patriotic-look/)
skinsfan69
08-09-2012, 12:33 PM
For the most part, the refs today are terrible. Week in and week out we see awful ticky tack calls. I don't care if females are calling games cause they can't be any worse then what we're currently seeing.