"From the referee's point of view, why would they be full time if the pay does not equal what they make now, between NFL a plus their full time job?"
"These are lawyers. They're judges. They work in aerospace... They don't want to be full time unless unless the NFL pays them similar to the NBA refs and the Major League Baseball refs and the NHL refs, which they don't."
@AndrewBrandt breaks down the negotiations between the NFL & Referees, on the latest episode of the Business of Sports: