Quote Originally Posted by DJD View Post
It was kinda interesting to see how they would blow a call. I know they did the best they could under the circumstances and that allowed the season to start. That call that pushed it over the top was a bad call for sure. Now why did the original NFL guys go on strike?? Oh yeah they pulled the typical union strike thing.
Not what happened at all, it was the NFL owners who locked the refs out. The refs actually agreed to keep working under the expired agreement while negotiations were going on, but the commissioner and his flunkies decided NO.