Jerry Jones spoke with 103.5FM “The Fan” and said he’s not concerned with the NFLRA lockout.
“No I’m not,” Jones said. “As long as it’s the same for both sides — and it will be — we’ll be all right. And they’re going to get better as they move along.”
Jones also commented on the referees quitting their other jobs and making officiating full-time.
“I think we get better people by having officials that don’t make it full time,” Jones said. “When you only are officiating 16 games a year, plus the playoff games, it doesn’t warrant full-time officials.”
So assuming from the above statement, officiating for 18 games shouldn’t allow for them to make it full time yet coaches and players do. Im not understanding the difference, unless Jerry is saying that referees jobs aren’t as important. Either way, Jones doesn’t see a difference on the field between the regular referees and the replacements.
“I haven’t, really, because I can take any game at this juncture in any year and come up with criticism of the officiating,” Jones said. “It’s subjective in so many areas, and we’ve got in place a pretty good backup system now with our replays, and when it’s replayed. If anything, I’ve seen in a couple of our games the replay procedure needs improvement. . . . That has, in my mind, nothing to do with these replacement officials.”