NFL replacement refs

NFL replacement refs,A new level of chaos came to NFL games Sunday because of the ongoing lockout of game officials.

Refs seemed to struggle to maintain control like so many substitute teachers and one ref was pulled from the New Orleans Saints’ game because he is a Saints fan. From Ray Lewis and Joe Flacco to Tony Dungy to Mike Pereira to the NFL warning coaches about bullying refs, it’s clear that this situation is getting ugly.

“The time is now,” Lewis said (via WNST.net) after the Baltimore Ravens lost to the Philadelphia Eagles. “How much longer are we gonna keep going through this whole process? I don’t have the answer, I just know across the league teams and the league are being affected by it. It’s not just this game, it’s all across the league. And so if they want the league to have the same reputation it’s always had, they’ll address the problem. Get the regular referees in here and let the games play themselves out. We already have controversy enough with the regular refs calling the plays.”

Flacco admitted that he might sound “like a baby” for criticizing officials after the Ravens’ loss, but he pointed out something that was happening all across the league: players are trying to get away with as much as possible (who can blame ’em?) and no one is stopping them.

source: washingtonpost