Now I REALLY Hate Roger Goodell

If there is one thing that people can't stand in sports is the officials. They are susceptible to making mistakes, arrogant, obnoxious, and disliked, that cannot be denied. But they are still necessary (unless it's baseball) in order to run a sport. It wasn't until this NFL preseason that I have seen how necessary they are.

This NFL Lockout involving the referees and a few cents that the NFL wouldn't cry over losing has gone on too long. The replacement refs are sloppier, slower (to the pace of the game), and are making an abundance of mistakes. They are just not as well trained as Ed Hochuli or the other regular referees that I want to kill every Sunday. These replacement refs are tempting me to go beyond the "wanting" stage.

The NFL seems to not care enough about the NFL officials and are content with starting the replacements for the 2012 season. The league says that they will use them week 1. DeMaurice Smith of the NFLPA has shown at least a token of solidarity by showing his support for the refs. He has even said that the use of a possible strike from the players is not out of the question (ha ha ha).

Anytime I hear the demands of the referees it seems reasonable and nothing compared to when the league negotiated with the players. It, of course, means more to the officials as they don't get as much in actual cash compared to the players. I would actually like the NFLPA to threaten striking and then to strike when the NFL doesn't believe them. I hate the power the NFL has, specifically Roger Goodell, and I would love to see these two unions join together and stand up to the league (man).

The chances that the players actual strike, however, are practically zero and that's sad to me. I hope they do the next best thing, however, and bitch about the bad calls being made when week 1 starts. This is when we need TO the most.

P.S. Also whats with sending ejected fans to an online course before they are allowed back in? Can we get a fan's union started. That would be the most powerful of them all.

P.P.S. Also the strike shows that the league (Roger Goodell) doesn't care about player safety, it never did. It just cares about money. The reason that it feigns caring about safety is because the league is facing a ton of lawsuits regarding concussions.