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To: Aquinasfan
NFL refereeing has to become a full-time job.

That will never happen, and for good reason. The NFL insists on using officials who are well-paid, highly-respected professionals in other walks of life -- because it makes them far less likely to fix games for gamblers.

108 posted on 01/16/2006 8:14:59 AM PST by Alberta's Child (Said the night wind to the little lamb . . . "Do you see what I see?")
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To: Alberta's Child
because it makes them far less likely to fix games for gamblers.

That makes sense. But that could be mitigated by allowing the other refs to override a bad call.

115 posted on 01/16/2006 8:18:24 AM PST by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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To: Alberta's Child
That will never happen, and for good reason. The NFL insists on using officials who are well-paid, highly-respected professionals in other walks of life -- because it makes them far less likely to fix games for gamblers.

As opposed to fixing games for the networks, specifically NBC (widely believed to have turned the NBA into a fix-them-all league when they held the broadcast rights)?

127 posted on 01/16/2006 8:23:45 AM PST by steveegg (Take two - throw those long knives at the DemonRATs and lieberals - and include the RINOs)
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