With contract negotiations failing and the league announcing plans to hire replacement officials, the NFL Referees Association may soon go on strike. We boil down the major sticking points of both sides.
Referees allege the NFL has covered up the long-term health risks of blowing whistles
NFL has declined referee’s repeated requests to once and for all please explain to them in simple language exactly what is and is not pass interference
Refs have filed a $1.5 million defamation of character suit against league’s replay booths, which they claim undermine their authority by constantly contradicting their decisions
NFL would require every ref to be as ripped as that hunky muscleman Ed Hochuli
Refs want to be permitted to join in when players do a touchdown dance
NFL won’t guarantee that no official will ever have to share field with Jay Cutler more than once a season
Refs want fully furnished three-bedroom apartment from which they can comfortably watch the game instead of exposing themselves to harm on the field
NFL has demanded legally binding written guarantee that officials will never get anything wrong ever again
