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Author: Cameron Filipe
Cam Filipe is a freshman at the University of New Haven, majoring in forensic science. He has been involved in football officiating for five years and currently works as a flag football and soccer official in college. This is his second season covering officiating as a staff writer for Football Zebras.
Week 1 referee assignments
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Referee assignments, preseason week 4
Referee assignments, preseason week 3
The preseason is entering its third week and there will be no officiating experimentation on the docket this week. The development program has closed so that those officials can return to their college conferences. All times below are Eastern. Live games on NFL Network will only be telecast on local stations
Referee assignments, preseason week 2
Embed from Getty Images In the second week of the preseason, the officiating department will continue to experiment with the middle judge, development program officials, and the interleague agreement with Canadian Football League officials. This week will also feature a new white-hat tryout, as back judge Shawn Hochuli will work at
Officials review rules changes with teams at training camp
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