2012 NFL Random Chatter

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karen lotz
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Sep 25, 2012 8:29am
@CollinsDrew: That call last night swung $150M-$250M of bets. Good grief - http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8422934/seattle-seahawks-vs-green-bay-packers-disputed-mnf-call-shifted-150-250m-bets

Whoa
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karen lotz
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Sep 25, 2012 8:37am
@TCrabtree83: Imagine you make a painting. It isn't perfect by others' standards, but it's your painting. You are proud. Then someone takes a shit on it.
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gorocks99
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Sep 25, 2012 8:38am
karen lotz;1279941 wrote:@TCrabtree83: Imagine you make a painting. It isn't perfect by others' standards, but it's your painting. You are proud. Then someone takes a shit on it.
lol
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like_that
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Sep 25, 2012 8:39am
lol'd

David Burge
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@iowahawkblog
Has Obama apologized to the refs yet?
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Speedofsand
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Sep 25, 2012 8:42am
SportsAndLady;1279850 wrote:That wasn't funny...Florida SUCKS
Did I claim it to be funny or not? No. This is NFL Random Chatter, please stay on topic of the thread. If I posted a tweet by a former ND or OSU player and said that team SUCKS, I'd be called a troll and bant. Lucky for you the rules are "flexible" here depending on who the poster is.
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like_that
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Sep 25, 2012 8:44am
Speedofsand;1279946 wrote:Did I claim it to be funny or not? No. This is NFL Random Chatter, please stay on topic of the thread. If I posted a tweet by a former ND or OSU player and said that team SUCKS, I'd be called a troll and bant. Lucky for you the rules are "flexible" here depending on who the poster is.
Stay on topic, thanks.

Anyway, apparently some of these refs were fired from the Lingerie football league lolfail. http://deadspin.com/5946112/the-lingerie-football-league-announces-that-it-fired-a-couple-crews-which-apparently-are-now-officiating-in-the-nfl-because-of-incompetence
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Gblock
Sep 25, 2012 8:57am
karen lotz;1279937 wrote:@CollinsDrew: That call last night swung $150M-$250M of bets. Good grief - http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8422934/seattle-seahawks-vs-green-bay-packers-disputed-mnf-call-shifted-150-250m-bets

Whoa
this reminds me back in my betting days. i can imagine myself on either side of this game on a bet to get even for the weekend and losing on the last play and then having to pay double instead of being even on tuesday...uuuuugggh
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BR1986FB
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Sep 25, 2012 10:21am
Also just read where Goodell has the power to overturn this call if he so chooses.
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gorocks99
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Sep 25, 2012 10:27am
BR1986FB;1279996 wrote:Also just read where Goodell has the power to overturn this call if he so chooses.
This has as good a chance of happening as me shitting out bacon for the rest of my life.
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BR1986FB
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Sep 25, 2012 10:29am
gorocks99;1280003 wrote:This has as good a chance of happening as me shitting out bacon for the rest of my life.
Start eating !

I'd love to see the smug look wiped off Pete Carroll's face.
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DeyDurkie5
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Sep 25, 2012 10:30am
gorocks99;1280003 wrote:This has as good a chance of happening as me shitting out bacon for the rest of my life.
I'd let you shit in my mouth.
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IggyPride00
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Sep 25, 2012 10:31am
BR1986FB;1279996 wrote:Also just read where Goodell has the power to overturn this call if he so chooses.
He has been championing the replacement refs harder than anyone, does he really have it in him to eat a plate of crow that large?
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j_crazy
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Sep 25, 2012 10:36am
DeyDurkie5;1280006 wrote:I'd let you shit in my mouth.

Bingo.
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Sonofanump
Sep 25, 2012 10:39am
"Two Ohio Chatterers, one plate of bacon"
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SportsAndLady
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Sep 25, 2012 10:40am
sportchampps;1279860 wrote:I'm sure AOL thought the same thing. We have an All Time high number of users we don't need to make changes. We don't need to listen to our customer base. Just because their getting great ratings doesnt mean the bad PR isnt hurting them.

Great analogy there, iggy. AOL could be replaced--and it was. The NFL cannot be replaced. There's no substitute.

And besides..the NFL makes changes, yearly. A lot of really, really good changes that listens to coaches, players, even fans. This has nothing to do with "change" rather a bunch of egomaniacs trying to get a 30% increase in salary for a part time job where they are already making one hundred and twenty thousand dollars.


Just because there was one bad call that caused one loss on a 16 game season, where they were actually pretty good up until, doesn't mean Goodell should cave to the regular referees who aren't perfect out there.

Agree to disagree or not...you're not going to change my mind.
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wildcats20
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Sep 25, 2012 10:44am
If the commish overturns this call he might as well just end the NFL. Regardless of how bad a call was, the on field refs are the final judge and jury. Not some retarded guy in a suit, in an office in New York City.
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BR1986FB
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Sep 25, 2012 10:44am
SportsAndLady;1280026 wrote:Great analogy there, iggy. AOL could be replaced--and it was. The NFL cannot be replaced. There's no substitute.

And besides..the NFL makes changes, yearly. A lot of really, really good changes that listens to coaches, players, even fans. This has nothing to do with "change" rather a bunch of egomaniacs trying to get a 30% increase in salaryfor a part time job where they are already making one hundred and twenty thousand dollars.


Just because there was one bad call that caused one loss on a 16 game season, where they were actually pretty good up until, doesn't mean Goodell should cave to the regular referees who aren't perfect out there.

Agree to disagree or not...you're not going to change my mind.
I don't think it's the salary increase as much as their demand for pensions. They want the NFL to put $38k, yearly, into a pension on top of the salary increase.
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Sonofanump
Sep 25, 2012 10:47am
SportsAndLady;1280026 wrote:30% increase in salaryfor a part time job where they are already making one hundred and twenty thousand dollars.
120,000 x 1.0287 (2.87 % raise) x 17 (number of current crews) / 20 (number of crews NFL wants) does not equal an increase of 30%. It equals a decrease in salary of 12.56%.
120,000 x 1.3 =/= 104,927.
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Sonofanump
Sep 25, 2012 10:50am
BR1986FB;1280034 wrote:I don't think it's the salary increase as much as their demand for pensions. They want the NFL to put $38k, yearly, into a pension on top of the salary increase.
What was the pension last contract?
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BR1986FB
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Sep 25, 2012 10:54am
Sonofanump;1280043 wrote:What was the pension last contract?
This is all I've got. Why they are even getting a pension in the first place is beyond me...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/post/nfl-referee-lockout-where-do-things-stand/2012/09/25/6a452118-0713-11e2-a10c-fa5a255a9258_blog.html
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Sonofanump
Sep 25, 2012 10:58am
BR1986FB;1280048 wrote:This is all I've got. Why they are even getting a pension in the first place is beyond me...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/post/nfl-referee-lockout-where-do-things-stand/2012/09/25/6a452118-0713-11e2-a10c-fa5a255a9258_blog.html
"The locked out officials are in favor of continuing the traditional pension plan already in place"
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SportsAndLady
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Sep 25, 2012 11:07am
Sonofanump;1280041 wrote:120,000 x 1.0287 (2.87 % raise) x 17 (number of current crews) / 20 (number of crews NFL wants) does not equal an increase of 30%. It equals a decrease in salary of 12.56%.
120,000 x 1.3 =/= 104,927.
You can't just throw random numbers out, ref, and expect me to understand what the hell they mean. The refs want to be paid 160k a year. They make 120k a year...33% raise, I rounded down to 30%.
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Sonofanump
Sep 25, 2012 11:11am
SportsAndLady;1280073 wrote:You can't just throw random numbers out, ref, and expect me to understand what the hell they mean. The refs want to be paid 160k a year. They make 120k a year...33% raise, I rounded down to 30%.
My numbers are not random. The offer was 2.87% raise per game but to increase the crews from 17 to 20 therefore reducing the number of games worked by 15% and they get paid per game worked. I thought you were in finance or something similar.

Link for your information?
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SportsAndLady
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Sep 25, 2012 11:12am
Sonofanump;1280080 wrote:My numbers are not random. The offer was 2.87% raise per game but to increase the crews from 17 to 20 therefore reducing the number of games worked by 15% and they get paid per game worked. I thought you were in finance or something similar.

Link for your information?
Well that makes sense...just throwing out random multiplication problems doesn't help anyone.