Another gift horse in the mouth moment. Ungreatful pigs, those refs can stay out. Football is better when they are not throwing games to the big boys. These refs today are there cause they want to be not because its a job.
I think there should be no players union either. There should be more of your not performing you are released. I would love tickets to be priced based on the historical performance of the team. The players should get paid per catch tackle or blocked pass.
Merit pay all the way around.
Bad plan. That would make the team get progressively worse because the economics would not allow hiring better players. So essentially, only one team would be left. Some sport that is. Let the ticket prices be exactly what the market will support to fill up a stadium and that would get rid of the blackout rule.
If they can't make it with simple market economics, then get on the Baltimore Colts bus and look for a new town. And for God's sakes, keep the taxpayer out of incentives and payoffs and new fancy stadiums.