Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen took exception with the officiating during the Vikings loss to the Baltimore Ravens in Week 10.
Several days later, Thielen is still not happy with the officiating, with Thielen telling KFAN’s Power Trip Morning Show that he thinks the refs don’t understand the rules of the game.
He took it a step further later in the interview, calling for the league to hire full-time referees while labeling some as ‘fanboys.’
“I think we need to have full time referees. I think it’s ridiculous that we have — and no offense to these guys, I mean, they obviously love their job, and they put a lot of time into it, I know they do,” said Thielen on Friday. “But it’s like, we have these guys that are kind of fanboys a little bit. Like, they love the fact that they get to go out there and they get to shake hands with Patrick Mahomes. They get to hang out with these professional athletes. Then they go to their real job on Monday through Friday, and tell everybody how cool their side job is.”
Despite the NFL being a multi-billion dollar empire, the league still refuses to hire full-time referees. It’s a pretty astonishing thing considering how much officials are impacting games with questionable calls.
