Sheil Kapadia

by the way, fans, officials, it's just like they're in this place that is almost unprecedented for professional sports, where it's just like the league is growing at such a rapid pace and it feels like nothing can take them down.

And there's so much money.

And every time there's this much money, there's a way to get more money.

And every time there's more money, there's a way to get even more money.

And it's just like, they're not in a position where they're going to let anyone

win a negotiation or where they're going to bend or they're going to give in or do anything like that.

And at first I was like, you know, this is another case of the NFL.

And then I thought about it some more and reading about it some more.

The average NFL official, Lindsay, have you read this?

Are you aware of what the average NFL official makes?

Because I was kind of surprised by this.

This, according to ESPN.com, the average NFL official

makes $385,000 per year.

And the NFL has offered, again, according to this reporting, a deal with annual raises of 6.45%.

I was like, man.

Sounds great.

It doesn't seem to me like the refs are doing that bad.

Now the refs are saying, well, we make less than the NBA and MLB.

I don't know the details in terms of how many games those, you know, those officials.

Right.