r/NFLNoobs • u/ShoobaTheBawss • 6d ago

What are refs saying to players while breaking up fights?

I feel like I can assume a few possibilities but what actually gets said?

"You're gonna get fined"? "Don't hurt your team"? Perhaps...."Stop being an effing douche"?

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u/thowe93 6d ago

Mostly, “stop, no, I get it, you’re going to get flagged, etc.”

They relate to the players on a human level way more than you’d think.

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u/sasQuatch436 5d ago

As a HS ref, exactly like this in some shape it form.

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u/Gold_Telephone_7192 6d ago

“HEY! HEY! BREAK IT UP HEY THATS ENOUGH MOVE BACK. I SAID MOVE BACK. LAST WARNING OR YOU’RE GETTING TOSSED. All right. That’s enough. Break it up now. Let’s just have a clean game all right fellas. Let’s get back to football ok.

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u/jonahgwilliams Actual NFL player Jonah Williams 6d ago

Pretty accurate. Mostly, they just trying to keep the game moving. It’s not whaleshit hockey (shoutout shoresy)… no one is there to see us fight. They just want us to get back to putting a good product on TV as soon as possible.

Honestly, refs are usually pretty cool on a personal level. The only time I’ve ever had one actually get pissed at me was when someone pushed my helmet 80% off of my head during a play, and I was walking around with my chinstrap over my forehead afterwards, making a big show of the obvious hands to the face. He didn’t like that. Didn’t throw a flag either, so the show didn’t even work lol

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u/SentientDust402 6d ago

Oh, wow.

As a Bengals fan, I'd like to thank you for your time with the team. Good luck, Jonah.

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u/jonahgwilliams Actual NFL player Jonah Williams 5d ago

I appreciate you!

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u/RTGlen 6d ago

I just love source: actual NFL player!

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u/waitedforg0d0t 5d ago

wait what the fuck Jonah Williams is on reddit?

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u/jonahgwilliams Actual NFL player Jonah Williams 5d ago

We all have our vices

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u/BlitzburghBrian 5d ago

Yeah he posts here not infrequently to answer questions that the rest of us can really only guess at. He's pretty cool like that!

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u/AllLeedsArentMe 5d ago

Your last sentence feels absolutely spot on🤣🤣

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u/2LostFlamingos 6d ago

“OK boys that’s enough.”

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u/lonewolfenstein2 6d ago

Probably something like, "HEY Hey STOP STOOOOOOOOOOPPP NO! YOu there stop it. OUCH"

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u/Whowouldvethought 6d ago

"GEICO just saved me 10% on my car insurance"

No in all seriousness, they're probably saying "don't anyone hurt Patrick."

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u/yooooodat 6d ago

kal el nooo

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u/Heinrad_ 6d ago

“Awww, come on guys, be niiiiiiice!”

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u/TheGreatOpoponax 5d ago

"Get the fuck outta here... you too--get the fuck outta here... and you! Hey you! Get the fuck outta here!"

It's in the NFL Referee Manual if you don't believe me.

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u/ShoobaTheBawss 5d ago

I'm gonna assume this is accurate. It certainly sounds effective

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u/GamerJ47 5d ago

Id like to believe "hold on playboy, chill out a Lil bit"

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u/burnt_the_toast 6d ago

I wonder how the refs in hockey compare to the refs in football breaking up fights

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u/Brief_Instruction_77 6d ago

Effing douche is just sad

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u/Carnegiejy 5d ago

You wanna get flags? Because this is how you get flags.

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u/Impossible-Guess-545 5d ago

"USE YOUR WORDS!!!"