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Re: How come there has never been a retired referee as an announcer?
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Originally Posted by HTTR
AW, this is an excellent question. I agree that 90% of the refs would be mind-numbingly boring. But I bet there are a few who would be fantastic -- especially the old-school guys from Louisiana or Texas. They do love the game and do understand it as well as, say, Dennis Miller.
So this leads me to conclude that there is a code of silence enforced by the NFL. Let's check the CFL and see if any of them are working up there.
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They have to be paid, and they're probably paid Thom Brennamen money, not Aikman and Buck money. These guys have pretty well-paying jobs already, and don't necessarily desire the travel required for being an announcer.
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10-11-2011, 08:22 PM
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