[USML Announce] Commentary

[Dennis Adams]

Agree with Mark.  Should refs and players then be expected to reduce their
pay in periods of economic downturn?  If they are entitled to share
proportionally in the NFLs success, the same should be said for losses
right? I don't think they should because the owners bear all the risk of
owning/managing the business. (Obviously this is a non-issue though given
the success of the NFL.)
On Sep 27, 2012 8:18 AM, "Blocker, Mark B." <mblocker at sidley.com> wrote:

>  Jeff:  Come back and talk to me when the regular refs are blowing calls,
> which happens in every game every week (something that seems to be
> completely forgotten by the press).  All that has happened over the last
> few weeks is that the press has focused on every blown call, which the
> press will not do once the regular refs return.  Just because owners make a
> lot of money does not mean they should give in to every demand for
> exorbitant amounts of money.****
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> *From:* announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] *On
> Behalf Of *Jeff Winick
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 27, 2012 6:51 AM
> *To:* USML Announcements
> *Cc:* USML Announcements
> *Subject:* Re: [USML Announce] Commentary****
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> Clearly Mr. Adams is ready for Wall Street. ****
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> Couldn't disagree more with the two of you, though. ****
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> If the past few weeks have proven anything it is how rare and valuable the
> talents of the referees are. That's worth money.****
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> Part time?  Sure, so are the NFL players. This is a multi-billion dollar
> industry that can afford to pay it's players hundreds of millions of
> dollars. The owners generate similarly oversized profits. These officials
> are at the pinnacle of their field and they are obviously crucial to the
> game. ****
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> They are no less entitled to be paid (and perhaps absurdly so) than anyone
> else in the NFL and I, for one, am pleased to hear that they will be. ****
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> That is all. ****
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> Jeff
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> Sent from my iPhone****
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> On Sep 26, 2012, at 10:15 PM, Dennis Adams <dadams17 at gmail.com> wrote:****
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> Very well said.  Really hard to sympathize with these guys.....****
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> "Currently, the NFL pays the NFLRA about $18 million, doled out among
> some 212 union referees, for an average salary of $150,000.****
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> The NFL agreed two weeks ago to bump that up $1 million, increasing yearly
> pay to around $190,000 by 2016."****
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> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Mark Blocker <blockermark at gmail.com>
> wrote:****
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> Dennis et al:****
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>   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:****
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> 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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