FIRST OFF LET ME SAY THIS, IT IS THE OWNERS OF THESE FOOTBALL TEAMS AND THEIR STADIUMS THAT WAS SILLY ENOUGH TO MAKE STADIUMS LIKE FORD FIELD AND LINCOLIN FINANCIAL FIELD THE WAY IT IS SO IT IS ON THEM FOR NOT MAKING IT BIG ENOUGH TO CONSIDER A DRASTIC RULES CHANGE LIKE A WIDER FIELD AND SECOND OF ALL, I HAVE WATCHED SEVERAL CFL FOOTBALL GAMES WITH THEIR FIELD AND I DON’T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE WAY THEY PLAY FOOTBALL UP IN CANADA AND REALLY HAVING THE WIDER FIELD MIGHT MAKE THE GAME SAFER AND I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER THAN HAVING GUYS HAVING SERIOUS HEAD INJURIES TO WHERE THEIR CAREERS ARE SHORTENED HERE. FANS AND THOSE IN THE FOOTBALL COMMUNITY MIGHT HAVE TO CONSIDER THIS AS REALITY FOR 2014 BECAUSE IF OTHER GUYS GET SERIOUSLY HURT THAN WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO, HMMM? I’D RATHER HAVE HIGHER SCORING AND PLAYER SAFETY AND TACKLING PROPERLY AND NOT USE HELMETS AS WEAPONS THAN SOMEONE PLAYING A GAME ONE DAY AND THEN END UP IN A WHEELCHAIR FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE OR WORSE HERE!

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My guess, and granted, it’s only a guess, is that seven CURRENT NFL officials will be asked to become full-time officials. I don’t think they will expand their roster to 128 officials.

I read taht the NFL can hire seven new, non-union officials a year. But with a roster of 121 and a workforce that must have anaverage age of around 50 turnover is probably over seven a year. So does the NFL hire seven non-union officials and then a couple union officilas at more money. Becasue I bet you the non-union guys will make less. Does anyone know how that will work?

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