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[Dennis Adams]

Very well said.  Really hard to sympathize with these guys.....

"Currently, the NFL pays the NFLRA about $18 million, doled out among some
212 union referees, for an average salary of $150,000.

The NFL agreed two weeks ago to bump that up $1 million, increasing yearly
pay to around $190,000 by 2016."



On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Mark Blocker <blockermark at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dennis et al:
>
>   A blogger post I saw on ESPN in response to one of Peter King's
> one-sided stories about how the NFL should just cave already on the referee
> negotiations.  I could not have said it better:
>
> Perhaps you see things differently, but I look at the "deal" these
> part-time employees have, and I pretty easily conclude that they, through
> their union, have priced themselves out of the market.  $100K per year for
> working part time, part of the year?  Full benefits, all completely funded,
> AND a fully-funded retirement program?  Where do you find that deal
> anywhere, including jobs that are "life and death?"  An airline pilot, for
> example, doesn't make near that much when you consider full time and year
> 'round, and if they screw up hundreds of people can die.  Perspective,
> folks.  It's a game.
>
>
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-- 
Dennis F. Adams III
Candidate, Juris Doctor 2013
Northwestern University School of Law
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