by Kaemon » Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:11 pm
i disagree, I think that every week that goes by, the striking refs will lose more of a hold of what they're bargaining for.
Refs make mistakes also, the only difference between the scabs and the ones are striking is inexperience, this goes a whole season and the striking refs are shit out of luck because the replacement refs will go through a year round training/bootcamp themselves and they will no longer carry the title replacement by next season.
The NFL is too strong of a brand, fans love their football and will not boycott.
We didn't boycott in 87(?) when the players were striking. The NFL brought in scab players, and fans still went to see the games. By week 3 players such as Lawerence Taylor crossed the line so they can continue to play realizing the NFL would have kept on going without them.