People haven't changed the channel yet, so stop caring about quality. I know you're being sarcastic but that's clearly the NFL's stance in negotiations here. The league is still making their money so they seem to think they can take a hardline with the refs. At this point is gonna take a clearly botched call that directly costs a team a victory for the outcry to be loud enough to get back to the negotiating table. I think the more likely scenario is a massive all-out brawl or a paralyzed player, either resulting from the replacement refs losing control of a game. Columnists and players can write off bad calls as being part of the game, plus the penalty stats coming into this week apparently were on par with last year. However, these refs have been atrocious at keeping the game under control. Players are head-hunting and instigating because they know these refs won't eject them and the NFL won't do anything about it, save for handing out random fines and suspensions. I thought we'd see that happen to Matt Schaub today, but thankfully he seemed to be okay after Joe Mays nearly decapitated him.