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"My personal belief is the 17 referees all ought to be full time," says Pereira, now a commentator for Fox Sports. "They need to explore that notion because having only one full-time referee and umpire and line judge and the others makes no sense. It would not achieve to me what having all 17 full-time refs would, because they should be involved with everything. Be involved in proposals of rules changes and teaching their crews and working with the teams in the offseason."