I may be the only one, but the regular officials are asking way too much! While I agree that the replacements are in over their heads, it is no reason to give into the regular NFL officials.
To put it in perspective- They are PART TIME employees and they want:
*A pension-which in most businesses is going the way of the dinosaur
*To be paid like Full Time Employees
*They DO NOT want to become full time employees
I understand the debacle some of this has turned into, but if I think they need to give a little bit. It is evident that they understand their leverage and that got a whole lot bigger last night, but if the media quit talking about it, it wouldn't be that big of a deal(last nights call no withstanding).
Like I said, I am probably the only one, but I do wish that the NFL would send a Memo to all the sports networks who carry their stuff and tell them that if anyone on their broadcast speaks of the replacements, they are being fined. I know the NFL makes a ton off of the TV contracts, but I think the networks need the NFL more and it seems a funny way to treat a client.