Ref justice in the NFL

No doubt a much downtrodden group of people across the globe are keeping a close eye these days on the fate of their brethren in the US.

So far, the referees are faring well out of the NFL lockout; the professional ones on strike that is, not the amateurs the league have drafted in to replace them.

The strike is about pay and conditions, after refs threw a flag down on the league’s play to reduce some of their entitlements when a collective bargaining agreement expired this summer.

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