NFL Referees - Substitute and Regular

We had substitute referees for the first two regular season games at the beginning of the National Football League 2012 season.  Many players, coaches, and fans complained bitterly about the lack of expertise and experience of the substitute referees recruited from the college and high school ranks.  We are now five games into the regular season with the regular referees working the last three weekly games.

I played high school football and a little in college.  I've been a long time fan of the sport and enjoy watching the game.  I know the referees don't always get it right, but I chalk that up to it is just the nature of the game.  However, the big complaint of many was the substitute referees were too close and persnickety on their violation calls.  I've watched closely the refereeing of the NFL games since the regular referees came back to work.  Today alone I've see five obvious pass interference plays which the regular referees either did not see or ignored.  They were so obvious the announcers even commented on them.  And, the holding violation. . . .it is seldom called except when most obvious.

My conclusion:  The owners and players did not like the substitute referees because they called the violations and invoked the penalties.  They like the regular referees because they are "loosy-goosy" calling violations.