# They are not Replacement Refs...They are SCABS! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 25, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-are-not-replacement-refs-they-are-scabs/635798 "2012-09-25T17:29:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 49
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-are-not-replacement-refs-they-are-scabs/635798/49 "2012-09-26T07:28:01Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > The problem with this, in a broader sense, is companies can play this game endlessly and it becomes a race to the bottom. There will always be someone without a job willing to do your job for less than you are being paid so they can feed their family. It is a rare individual indeed who can claim they are uniquely qualified to do a given job and thus demand a high wage because almost no one else can do it. > > So, someone out-competes you for your job by being willing to do it for less. Now you cannot feed your family so you agree to do it for less than that guy. > > Round-and-round it goes till you are working for a pittance. You deserve to get paid based on who well you do a job. If other people can early do it for less, you’re overpaid. It’s as simple as that. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-are-not-replacement-refs-they-are-scabs/635798)._