2026 NFL Season Thread

rpiotr01 said:
There is zero - and I mean ZERO - appetite for any ref labor strife BS right now, not within the league and not among the public.
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Even more so that it seems that NFL owners have been more than fair with the Refs union. When the fans for a while now have been demanding that the refs improve and the NFL trying to put it into a contract that bad refs will get more training and playoff games will not be given out by seniority anymore and the refs are like nah we want a even bigger raise then offered but you still can't hold us accountable for doin a bad job that will 100% turn the fans against the refs even more.

I am expecting issues to happen with the replacement refs but we can't allow the regular refs to keep getting away with poor officiating and never be held accountable.
 
I’m always in the side of workers getting everything they can from management/ownership. The NFL is not poor, they can afford it.
 
Cheesedog said:
I’m always in the side of workers getting everything they can from management/ownership. The NFL is not poor, they can afford it.
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This is just a union protecting the lazy and poor performing workers. That results in a bad product on the field and the fan suffers for it. This is not about money this is about the union refusing to be held accountable.
 
GBP4EVER said:
Even more so that it seems that NFL owners have been more than fair with the Refs union. When the fans for a while now have been demanding that the refs improve and the NFL trying to put it into a contract that bad refs will get more training and playoff games will not be given out by seniority anymore and the refs are like nah we want a even bigger raise then offered but you still can't hold us accountable for doin a bad job that will 100% turn the fans against the refs even more.

I am expecting issues to happen with the replacement refs but we can't allow the regular refs to keep getting away with poor officiating and never be held accountable.
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The ref union is a bunch of vainglorious a-holes, they don't just want money, they want fame. Fans do not give a damn about them and we want to see less of the refs, not more.
 
Cheesedog said:
I’m always in the side of workers getting everything they can from management/ownership. The NFL is not poor, they can afford it.
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If this was a battle with something like a service workers union I'd be with you, but it isn't. These guys want to force their way into the marketing/recognition pie and it's gross. It's not why they're there.
 
GBP4EVER said:
This is just a union protecting the lazy and poor performing workers. That results in a bad product on the field and the fan suffers for it. This is not about money this is about the union refusing to be held accountable.
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And NFL refs are already very well paid - over $200K for a part time job!
 
GBP4EVER said:
This is just a union protecting the lazy and poor performing workers. That results in a bad product on the field and the fan suffers for it. This is not about money this is about the union refusing to be held accountable.
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Then the NFL should move to full time officials.
 
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