theJ Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Seems like a PR move to me. 24 guys who can sit around all day numbing their minds "watching film". I'm curious who will be hired - will these be current NFL refs or will any of them want to give up a really good paying part time job for a 40 hr per week boredom fest? Most of all - will this even help? I suspect not. But we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelonebillsfan Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 NFL are the masters of doing nothing substantive to actually make an impact but doing JUST enough to generate decent PR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmad Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Eh....It's a nice move considering the league really should make all NFL officials full time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp6488 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 26 minutes ago, OleXmad said: Eh....It's a nice move considering the league really should make all NFL officials full time. Worth remembering that moving to full time officials was something opposed by the NFL refs themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmad Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 4 minutes ago, sp6488 said: Worth remembering that moving to full time officials was something opposed by the NFL refs themselves. I did not know that, well they'd know best then wouldn't they. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrry32 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Just now, OleXmad said: I did not know that, well they'd know best then wouldn't they. They prefer it part-time because it allows them to make more money.(they get to work their day job in addition to pulling the NFL ref salary) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewAge Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 43 minutes ago, Thelonebillsfan said: NFL are the masters of doing nothing substantive to actually make an impact but doing JUST enough to generate decent PR. They are bringing back JOBS JOBS JOBS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp6488 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 1 hour ago, OleXmad said: I did not know that, well they'd know best then wouldn't they. 1 hour ago, jrry32 said: They prefer it part-time because it allows them to make more money.(they get to work their day job in addition to pulling the NFL ref salary) As @jrry32 mentioned, it has a lot to do with guys like Eddie Gunz who are able to have jobs like being partners at a law firm while also being NFL officials as a side hustle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp0k2 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 2 hours ago, sp6488 said: As @jrry32 mentioned, it has a lot to do with guys like Eddie Gunz who are able to have jobs like being partners at a law firm while also being NFL officials as a side hustle. Yes, and being full time employees also opens them up to more potential discipline for screwing up. It was a major sticking point in the last negotiations with the officials union and the NFL and led to the replacement official debacle that ultimately reached it's zenith with the Fail Mary; causing the NFL to blink and give up on full time officials and more accountability at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjapirate Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 I know Ed Hochuli is a lawyer with his own firm so I imagine other officials got good side gigs going as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 We know a few things from academic research and practical experience: Practice for the sake of practice doesn't make you better at a thing. You have to target your practice toward a weakness, on purpose. In other words, don't go through the motions. People who aren't motivated to do a task are often not as good at it. People who aren't intrinsically motivated by a job often don't work that job for long. Employee satisfaction is directly related to turnover and job performance. I predict that when the year is out, we'll find that the full time refs don't grade higher than the part time refs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexGreen#20 Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 On 8/11/2017 at 6:37 AM, theJ said: We know a few things from academic research and practical experience: Practice for the sake of practice doesn't make you better at a thing. You have to target your practice toward a weakness, on purpose. In other words, don't go through the motions. People who aren't motivated to do a task are often not as good at it. People who aren't intrinsically motivated by a job often don't work that job for long. Employee satisfaction is directly related to turnover and job performance. I predict that when the year is out, we'll find that the full time refs don't grade higher than the part time refs. I predict that when the year is out, we'll find that the full time refs grade higher than the part time refs in the study conducted by the NFL. Depending on how the union is feeling about this development, they may also get lower grades by the union. None of these grades will actually reflect the job done on the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 54 minutes ago, AlexGreen#20 said: I predict that when the year is out, we'll find that the full time refs grade higher than the part time refs in the study conducted by the NFL. Depending on how the union is feeling about this development, they may also get lower grades by the union. None of these grades will actually reflect the job done on the field. Haha fair enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coors Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 That's it? Way to cheap out NFL.. again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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