Football (of the American variety) is upon us

[pork pie fox]

Should be able to watch us again this week Porkie. We are the featured Thursday Night game. Giants.

Don't worry MA, it's on here.

Did you watch the USC @ Stanford game? I can't believe the call Kiffin made!

 

[Miles Away]

Kiffin is an idiot.

 

[pork pie fox]

Should be able to watch us again this week Porkie. We are the featured Thursday Night game. Giants.

Erm....

That wasn't pretty.

 

[Miles Away]

Embarrassing.

 

[pork pie fox]

Once again though, how about them Niners :icon_bigg

Whoops.

 

[Miles Away]

Did you see the farce last night? Unbelievable.

 

[pork pie fox]

Did you see the farce last night? Unbelievable.

I think they could just about get away with the way it had been going, until last night. It was beyond ridiculous and surely even the NFL has to realise how stupid it looks now.

 

[Willlow]

I think they could just about get away with the way it had been going, until last night. It was beyond ridiculous and surely even the NFL has to realise how stupid it looks now.

It's almost getting as bad as the Premier League...almost

 

[pork pie fox]

It's almost getting as bad as the Premier League...almost

No Willlow, it's much worse. I agree there are controversial decisions in the Premier League, but the NFL is on another level at the moment with the replacement refs.

 

[SwedeFox]

Excuse me, I don't follow American football, but...

Is it correct that the league don't want to pay peanuts (relatively speaking) for proper referees and prefer just asking anyone in the street (metaphorically speaking) if they want to ref a game or two, thinking that no-one would notice the difference? Isn't that ****ing insane?

 

[pork pie fox]

Excuse me, I don't follow American football, but...

Is it correct that the league don't want to pay peanuts (relatively speaking) for proper referees and prefer just asking anyone in the street (metaphorically speaking) if they want to ref a game or two, thinking that no-one would notice the difference? Isn't that ****ing insane?

Yes Swede, that's pretty much that's how it is. You would think that the NFL would realise how daft this is, but apparently not.

 

[Miles Away]

Deal signed with the Referee Union now. Lockout ends Thursday.

Swede, it is slightly more complicated than that...but yeah, you have the basic thrust of the issue.

 

[pork pie fox]

Deal signed with the Referee Union now. Lockout ends Thursday.

Swede, it is slightly more complicated than that...but yeah, you have the basic thrust of the issue.

I thought the main sticking point (although I realise there were other issues too) was the withdrawal of some sort of pension plan type thing, is that right? Did the NFL cave or did they just manage to work it out between both sides?

 

[Miles Away]

I thought the main sticking point (although I realise there were other issues too) was the withdrawal of some sort of pension plan type thing, is that right? Did the NFL cave or did they just manage to work it out between both sides?

Yes, it was regarding guaranteed pensions. The other point was that the NFL wanted to expand the ref staff, meaning current refs would work less and ergo get paid less.

They pretty much caved.

 

[Miles Away]

I can't believe what just happened today. Unbefuckinglievable.

I felt like this quote was a fair summation of what I witnessed yesterday in the Georgia dome.

 

[pork pie fox]

I felt like this quote was a fair summation of what I witnessed yesterday in the Georgia dome.

Not many teams win there, must be gutting to get so close and lose.

It's an interesting season though, a lot of unexpected results.

 

[pork pie fox]

GM gone then MA? Not really a surprise that something has happened. I'm sure expectations were a lot higher than a 1-5 record.

 

[Miles Away]

Happy day!

http://aol.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2012-10-22/marty-hurney-fired-carolina-panthers-gm

He's been public enemy #1 for years. Should have gone when Fox left.

 

[Motown Fox]

That other Football (of the American variety) could be coming to the UK

The NFL has emerged as a shock new contender for the Olympic Stadium after the American football league held discussions with mayor Boris Johnson.

 

[pork pie fox]

Wow. Pittsburgh got a couple of really bad calls made against them on that drive. Are you watching MA?