Speaking of replacement refs
I look forward to when the real refs return, but one argument i never understood was the notion that replacement refs = reduced player safety. This argument was echoed throughout the media but was never explained.
What was the logic in this statement. How does having replacement refs make the game less safe? I can understand in something like boxing where they ref doesn't know when to call a fight, but are they thinking replacement refs are going to allow body slams, and diving head collisions? That players will just run wild?
Never got that argument