TheOak

I know the NFL is portrayed as the monster in just about everything but I have big problems with what these Ref's are striking for.

1. As part time employees the NFLRA should consider them selves very lucky to have any pension at all. PT employees do not get benefits anywhere else.

2. Part time employees feeling they deserve a raise based on the leagues revenue? Really? First, revenue has nothing to do with profit. Secondly who else looks at their companies gross revenue for a year and decides they should get a raise?

3. Part Time employees having a Union? WTF?

4. As I understand it the NFL Refs want a pension plan that is more lucrative than the NFL regular employes and the players pension plans.

5. Are you FKN kidding me? Refs want to make $400k a year? For a 5 month season????????
"The NFLRA is not opposed to full time officials if they are fairly compensated," the union said Thursday. "While the NFL has never made any compensation proposal, comparable positions in other professional sports at the 20-year level earn approximately $350,000 to $400,000 and are provided health insurance, a pension, time off with pay and numerous other benefits."

6. Refs cant handle a 401k like the rest of the world?
"Finally, there is a stalemate over the officials' pension plan, which the union said the league plans to freeze and ultimately terminate. The NFLRA offered to "grandfather" the current defined benefit plan only for current officials.
The league is offering a 401(k) plan in which it said its last proposal would provide annual contributions averaging about $20,000."

NFL wants to reduce referees' pay, add three full-time crews - ESPN


IMHO screw the refs. They do not risk the same as players and for a Referee to make more than the minimum of an NFL rookie player, and nearly as much as a the 1 year player minimum is absurd.