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Handled the players strike last year and the owners got their way, that was really beneficial to the owners. but going to be his lasting legacy. who knew that this strike and lockout with the referees might be the one that stands his legacy. >> apparently negotiations begin tomorrow morning in new york. even if they come to some terms tomorrow or the next day, it could be a few days, maybe a week before they get the real referees back on the field, shep. >> shep: trace gallagher in los angeles. ...

>> frothing at the mouth. i couldnt sleep until 2:00 in the morning. >> can you believe that last night? >> thats the meeting the president should be having today, meeting with the nfl. >> thats right. >> and romney or obama, the one that figures this out carries wisconsin. >> that is true. that would put wisconsin in to play. >> if only the nfl made a little bit of money they could pay their referees. >> poor nfl. >> just $9.8 billion something like that. come on, pay the refs, get them back on...

Askedthu to lockout john and sunny, back to you. >> karen, thank you. that lead us to our facebook question of the day. >> do you think the nfls replacement referees are hurting we welcome your comments at wnnfans.com. and so many of you have already commented. i think we have 40-something comments. >> a hot topic. >> on our facebook page 20 minutes. >> i am going to get up on my soapbox. the nfl is a first-class product. youve got to have the regular refs. settle the stupid thing. bring back th...

Have possession. so its an interception, right? not so much. the replacement refs call it a touchdown. after the review, the call stands and the seahawks win the game, 14-12. needless to say, calls for the nfl to settle the lockout with raef referees are only growing louder. they got robbed. now on to money news. a major credit card company is going to be paying big fines in a settlement after federal investigators uncovered shady practices. regulators say discover bank pressured its customers...

Commissioner goodell to give in just because of a little bad publicity. listen. negotiating path holds any sort of negotiation of what may still be to come. we may not seem an end to this impasse if we dont get to the bottom of it in the next few weeks. >> even if, for some reason, the league and the refs came to terms tonight and tomorrow. they say it would likely take about a week to get the real referees on the field. however this shakes out, we are looking at least one more week of replaceme...

Veteran officials from regular season games have left a group of your assessments capable of keeping pace with the speed of the game. here is analyst mike, listen. >> were seeing way more time with referees bunched together trying to figure out what the call may be. we are seeing way too much time in terms of them interpreting what the rules may be and outright not even know what the official rules actually are. of course the longer the players are on the field, shep. the more the odds go up of ...

Refs back on the field it will be the ravens and patriots with the winning field goal at the end of the game, it goes up and right over the uprise but the referees called it good and the coach was furious, grabs the refs arm and wants an explanation he will get a fine for that but it is indicative of how much frustration there is among the players and the coaches. here is coach belichick after the game. >> you should talk to the officials and talk to those people and ask them the questions becau...

They dont know the rules. >>guest: that is right. it is consistency, they dont have control of the game, and you are right, they flatout do not know the rules. look at the dallas game with a rethrew his hat in the path of a dallas receiver that could have caused injury. you have referees out there who are doing more harm than good. you have the seahawks given an extra time out. the 49ers, the coach, was given two extra challenges yesterday. clearly that was not allowed. the games are going longe...

Cant control anything else. you would have to talk though he is guys. talk to the officials about the way they called the game. talk to the league about the way they called it i dont know. we have got to go out there and call it the best we can. >> shepard: the real refs are at least talking to each other. trace gallagher is live in los angeles. when you look at an organization. if all of the elm employees are bad its notes employees fault its the employers fault. get it fixed. >> the nfl player...

Janikowski drilled a field goal as time expired. raiders won it 34-31. an emotional game for torrey smith. he lost his brother in a motorcycle accident on saturday. honored him with two touchdowns against new england. this went down to the wire. the pats were up two. got it by the slimmest of margins. bill belichick was livid. thought the referees blew the call. ravens walked off with a 31-30 win. you can start calling denny hamlin the babe ruth of nascar. he called his shot guaranteed via twitt...