Edrees wrote:Joshyjess wrote:SFour wrote:
I couldn't name a single ref from the MLB, NHL, MLS, and NFL combined....for the NBA I could probably name at least 10 off the top of my head.
Marc Davis
Tony Brothers
Ed Malloy
Scott Foster
Zach Zarba
Ken Mauer
Lauren Holtkamp
Joey Crawford
Dick Bavetta
Tim Donaghy
it's not good I know enough NBA refs to start a game of 5v5 pickup basketball
Probably the one NFL ref who stands out is Ed Hochuli - AKA Ed Hercules. He's got a really good shape, and he likes to show it off every time he announces a penalty
Can you even name 25% of the active players in the NFL? Serious question. Can you name all the offensive linemen and defensive linemen on all the playoff teams? If you cant do that, do you really know the NFL? Maybe you're just a bigger NBA fan than NFL fan.
The truth is even more NFL fans can't name the linemen on their own team. That doesn't mean they aren't critical to the result of the game. Most fantasy football leagues don't even include them on their rosters.
There are 32 NFL teams, and 55 players per team. That means there are 1760 NFL players. 25% of that would be 440 players. In there NBA there are 450 players in total. So, can you name all but 10 NBA players? Also, in the NFL players wear helmets, so most of them time all you see are players numbers, and maybe the name on the back of their jersey. Recognizing NFL players is a lot harder than recognizing NBA players (The camera is usually a lot closer on NBA players then it is on NFL players, the NFL is much more of a team sport in that one player doesn't usually stand out as much, so you don't always hear about certain linemen or off-tackles. There isn't always the chance or the time to focus on each player individually, etc...)
A few years ago, I probably could have told most of the names of the players on the Patriots (pretty much everyone but some of the third or 4th stringers). Now, I really don't know like I used to. I still recognize many of the NFL players by name, but probably not more than 25 - 30%.
@ that guy 
