NFL referee
The NFL is the Titanic of sports. It’s big, fast, powerful, and at the moment it’s sinking fast. After watching last nights match up between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks, I think it is safe to say that Roger Goodell has done a poor job “protecting the shield”. I was originally a supporter of Goodell’s reluctance to give in to the NFL referees demands. In reality, being an NFL referee is the best part-time job anyone can have. So give me a break refs, you guys need to appreciate the fact that you have the highest per-game salary in American sports. That being said, Goodell has truly tarnished one of the most powerful and influential brands in the world in the course of 3 short weeks. The debate is over and the verdict is in, the replacement referees are taking away from the integrity of the game. As Steve Young put it last night after the game, “everybody senses it, that this is impacting the competitive landscape of the NFL and it brings it down”. Trent Dilfer, an ESPN analyst, took it one step further by claiming that “the NFL has insulted our intelligence by trying to tell us that this isn’t a big deal.”