NFL offseason thread: FOOTBALL STARTS SUNDAY

[Mertron]

three times the legal limit at 10:00am?

lol

[Cail]

.24 fucking l o l

[Conrad]

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[Chun Liroy]

When'd he get cancer

[Mertron]

NEW YORK -- The NFL will start hiring and training possible replacement officials with a deal not yet completed with the NFL Referees Association.

Talks between the league and the officials broke down after two mediation sessions. The two sides had been negotiating since October and have said they expect a new collective bargaining agreement in time for the upcoming season.

But that optimism has disappeared.

A session was held Sunday under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, and the NFLRA said the league "terminated negotiations" on Monday.

The league said that regional training sessions for replacement officials would begin this month "to ensure that there is no disruption to NFL games this season."

"Our goal is to maintain the highest quality of officiating for our teams, players, and fans, including proper enforcement of the playing rules and efficient management of our games," the league said in a statement.

The league will look to hire officials from anywhere but the BCS conferences because those officials are run by NFL officials, and the NFL doesn't want to put the BCS officials in an awkward situation.

The NFL's search would target retired college officials and perhaps current ones who would be qualified to work professional games.

Referees counsel Mike Arnold called those replacements "amateur referees."

"It is unfortunate that as referees' responsibilities are expanded that the NFL would jeopardize player health and safety and the integrity of the game by seeking amateur, under-qualified referees to administer professional games," Arnold said.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/80...ls-talks-stall

i dont want to live in a world where i can not marvel at ed hochuli's guns

[Rhinox]

http://bit.ly/M4BST4

BEARS

[Mizango]

Ricky Stanzi raping shit in KC. Boy, can I fucking call em or what?

[archibaldcrane]

packers DE mike neal suspended 4 games.

TAINTED SUPERBOWL

lol

for using fucking Adderall, with a prescription and an OCD diagnosis

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/packers...HpYyCoNI5DubYF

[Rhinox]

Bears are gonna run away with it.


BEARS

[Omnipotent]

Blackmon swears off drinking.... let's see how long that lasts.

[tyven]

the first 5 letters of his last name should tell us all we need to know

[Chun Liroy]

the first 5 letters of his last name should tell us all we need to know

lmao what if you say it all with a jamaican accent?

[Cail]

bengals keeping it up even after theyre gone from team

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter

Former Bengals LB Nate Webster was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for having sex with an underaged girl. Facts speak for themselves.

[Chun Liroy]

12 years? Is that the same age as the girl he fucked or something?

[archibaldcrane]

Shouldn't have been black in an underaged vagina.

[archibaldcrane]

Also, way to bury the fucking lead:

CINCINNATI - Former Bengals linebacker Nate Webster was sentenced Wednesday in Ohio to 12 years in prison for having sex with the underage teen daughter of a former assistant coach for the Cincinnati team.

Prosecutors said Webster had sex with the girl in 2009 when she was 15 and threatened to harm her if she told anyone. Webster admitted having sex with the teen the next year, when she was 16 - the legal age of consent in Ohio.

missed it by a single year

[tyven]

haha holy shit. way to go guy. crush that puss

[Orden]

What do you guys think? Who is this Wade Davis guy?

[tyven]

it will never be acceptable for people to be "out" in the NFL. too many players are from the south and people from the south are fucking retarded hateful bigots.

[tyven]

would be a great opportunity for NY and CA teams to pick up awesome players that are run out of town by their idiot fan base tho.