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da darioambro » 25/09/2012, 9:26
scandaloso, se si continua cos' definire la stagione a puttane mi pare riduttivo, sembra che i proprietari intendano avere un incontro con Gooddell al più presto per costringerlo se non obbligarlo a far mettere quella benedetta firma sul contratto degli arbitri (non so se dipenda da lui, ma certamente può mettere pressione su chi di dovere), se non ho letto male mi pare che le differenze sia nell'ordine di 3 mil per le pensioni, con tutti i soldi che girano nel sistema , mia paiono briciole, ecco l'articolo di Wetzel di yahoo.
Sometime Tuesday afternoon, after an emergency session of some NFL owners subcommittee and a quick folding in front of a federal labor mediator, commissioner Roger Goodell should step in front of a podium, declare the lockout of the league's referees over and apologize to the coaches, players, fans and replacement officials for the last three weeks of football.
It's the owners who are locking out the refs and must sign off on a contract. And it is the owners who employ Goodell. But at some point, Goodell has to lead his bosses. That's the mark of a great commissioner, and make no mistake, Roger Goodell believes he is a great commissioner.
I've never seen anything like that in all my years of football," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. "Very unusual. Most unusual game I've been a part of."
You've seen the replay. If not, turn on a TV and wait 15 seconds. Expect President Obama and Mitt Romney to weigh in by noon.
This is Goodell's Heidi game, a forever blemish he'll never live down. The lockout may not have been his idea but it's on his watch. Someone might as well start pre-production on a documentary now, the image of those two confused refs in the corner of the Seattle end zone is sure to go down in history.
In financial terms, the NFL and the officials union are reportedly battling over about $3 million annually in pension commitments, a drop in the bucket for a $9 billion organization. Like most employers, the NFL doesn't want to deal with pensions anymore, the chief reason this has dragged out. There are also plenty of issues that the union is holding too hard a line also. It's a labor dispute; no one is completely innocent.
"It was awful," Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. "Just look at the replay. And then the fact that it was reviewed?"
It's uncertain even why it was reviewed, which merely led to more chaos.
This was just the highest-profile disaster of three weeks building toward it. Too often the games have no flow, no credibility. It's a parade of flags, confused calls and replay-booth bailouts. It doesn't feel like football. The announcers are so enraged they lose focus.
The replacement refs are trying but they aren't remotely prepared. The NFL should've seen this coming and done better. Then again, you can't shine a sneaker: The speed of the game is just overwhelming for Division III and high school officials. The replacement refs aren't trying to screw things up; in fact, they appear so petrified at screwing things up that they overcompensate and screw it up even more.
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