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Insiders & the market beg for re-regulation of a multi-billion dollar U.S. business

Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

UPDATED Sept. 27

Insiders — NFL players, game commentators and coaches — join fans — the market — calling for a return to regulation. All want the professional unionized referees to return. Non-union replacements, like shaky substitute teachers, are threatening the quality of the “product.” The rules are complex and the speed of the violent game combine to confuse the newbies. And large-body hulks, the players, can easily bully the know-little refs into doing things they shouldn’t. The NFL Commissioner works for the team owners who locked out the veteran referees because of salary increase demands. But the Monday night game finale between Seattle and Green Bay may compel a solution to the problems caused by the owners’ lockout of the regular referees.

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