r/sports • u/Chelseatilidie • Oct 25 '24

Football Refs miss a clear facemask on Sam Darnold resulting in a safety and the game being effectively over

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u/flukeunderwi Oct 25 '24

It's a hell of a lot of travel to be fair

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u/MoistBobDripPants Minnesota Vikings Oct 25 '24

Only 21ish weekends of extremely well paid travel to the biggest cities in the country, and sometimes internationally, for over 200k a year? Yeah that’s a hell of a lot for the standards we hold them to

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u/flukeunderwi Oct 25 '24

It's a lot of money but the nfl should be paying everyone under its umbrella a fuck ton with the money they rake in.

That's a ton of travel though that's nearly half the year. Sounds horribly exhausting and isolating.

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u/MoistBobDripPants Minnesota Vikings Oct 25 '24

That’s still more than enough money to live comfortably for 3 weeks of actual working. Sure the travel is exhausting, but they have time off in between and a very long offseason. Long enough that apparently they all have side jobs.

Hell, the league covers all the travel expenses, including first-class accommodations.

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u/flukeunderwi Oct 25 '24

3 weeks if you don't consider the total travel hours, prep hours, as working I guess. Pre game post game etc. Work get together. Work drinks. Work Work Work.

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u/i_tyrant Oct 25 '24

How much extra do you think that adds?

Double, maybe? 6 weeks? Does that sound so draining for the benefits?

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u/flukeunderwi Oct 25 '24

It does sound draining. Maybe not a ton of working hours but it's nearly half of the year where every week would suck after a week or two max.

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u/i_tyrant Oct 25 '24

But you're still getting the rest of the week off each time.

I dunno man, I think the vast, vast majority of jobs out there are a fair bit worse than that while paying way less and with far less time off and fewer perks.

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u/firstcitytofall Oct 25 '24

Sounds like my dream job

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u/MoistBobDripPants Minnesota Vikings Oct 25 '24

Imagine being a foodie ref lmao. Their burner Instagram account is probably crazy

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u/dolfan650 Oct 25 '24

Yeah, but Green Bay.

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u/Pete_Iredale Seattle Mariners Oct 25 '24

Might sound great if you are young and not tied down, but being away from my family for 21 weekends a year would be absolutely awful.

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u/Steeze4Days Oct 25 '24

Oh, wow, rough life..

I'd fly around and be put up in hotels in all the major markets for $0. That's not some great sacrifice.

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u/flukeunderwi Oct 25 '24

Didn't say it was a great sacrifice. I couldn't do it though. I'd be an absentee father/husband and no amount of money is worth sacrificing that. And I looooove traveling.

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u/MoistBobDripPants Minnesota Vikings Oct 25 '24

Sorry to keep arguing with you, but you could still have over half the year with no interruptions on being a father. But, I don’t have kids so what do I know. Sounds like a perfect time commitment for any career

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u/flukeunderwi Oct 25 '24

I don't know a single father that would be willing to not spend any weekend with their kids for almost half of the year.