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Post by BTFS Admin on Aug 8, 2012 0:10:08 GMT -5
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Post by FredFan7 on Aug 8, 2012 7:13:35 GMT -5
Good stuff from Mr. Kukar.
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Post by mike on Aug 8, 2012 7:14:07 GMT -5
Salaries on par with other sports? $90,000.00 for a rookie (which I believe is the current salary or the NFL's offer) for 15 games plus the prep work is the equivalent of a rookie MLB umpire making $720,000.00 (I figure the average umpire works about 120 games per season). If you ask me at $90,000.00 for rookie officials they are OVERPAID compared to their peers. Also other sports I believe have done away with defined benefit pension plans and require officials to be full time
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Post by intheknow on Aug 8, 2012 14:07:10 GMT -5
Salaries on par with other sports? $90,000.00 for a rookie (which I believe is the current salary or the NFL's offer) for 15 games plus the prep work is the equivalent of a rookie MLB umpire making $720,000.00 (I figure the average umpire works about 120 games per season). If you ask me at $90,000.00 for rookie officials they are OVERPAID compared to their peers. Also other sports I believe have done away with defined benefit pension plans and require officials to be full time I'm tired of hearing about "full time." Since most guys on this site are not NFL officials, who can accurately speak of the time commitments that NFL guys put in while balancing family, careers and football? The NFL generates revenues in excess of $9 BILLION annually! $90K is a mere fraction of that for a rookie. Stop using baseball and basketball as a comparison for full time officials. There are 82 basketball games, 160+ baseball games, and the opportunity to work multiple days a week. Should the NFL set up regional offices where officials can "punch the time clock" at 9 and 5? Have realistic expectations. You mention the average ump working 120 games per season? While this is correct, those in the penthouse (top tier of union scale) have 5 weeks of vacation! 5 weeks off for a season that last 7 months? That is unrealistic to me. To me, this is commensurate with the time and effort one spends to make it to the top of said profession. I don't even want to hear fans go on about how they make a fraction of that in their full time jobs. Somewhere along the line, officiating just wasn't a career choice that others have made. I don't know of an NFL official who has just walked into that position without working their way up the ranks? If I don't know of anyone in that situation, I'm hard pressed to believe anyone else on this board does... |
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Post by refusa on Aug 8, 2012 15:16:53 GMT -5
intheknow- agree with your thoughts
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2012 13:11:46 GMT -5
Well said, INK!
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