Embed from Getty Images The Canadian Football League is sending six of its officials to learn NFL officiating this preseason, in exchange for at least 5 NFL officials to work the Canadian preseason. This is the second year of the NFL-CFL Officiating Development Program. The CFL officials taking part in the NFL preseason are…
Embed from Getty Images The NFL has hired four more officials due a late shuffle of retirements and front office moves. The new hires, with their most recent college position, are: U — Steve Woods (Big Ten) L — Brian Bolinger (Big Ten) B — Mearl Robinson (Pac 12) L — Danny Short (ACC) All…
Veteran umpire Undrey Wash will not be returning in 2017 in an offseason roster move by the league.
The NFL hired side judge Rob Vernatchi and field judge Doug Rosenbaum as regional supervisors.
Embed from Getty Images The new officiating year starts today and the NFL leadership team is in place — Al Riveron as senior vice president of officiating, Wayne Mackie as vice president of officiating evaluation and development and Russell Yurk as vice president of replay and administration. Due to the relatively short notice given by Dean…
Umpire Butch Hannah retired from the NFL according to multiple sources. Much like the abrupt departure of Dean Blandino as head of officials, Hannah’s retirement has apparently taken a few officials aback.
Embed from Getty Images As NFL officials prepare for their mini-clinic in May, the NFL officiating office is building 17 officiating crews. Exiting senior vice president for officiating Dean Blandino will oversee the rest of the offseason (which ends May 15 for officials), so he has a say in the crew makeup. Over the…
As we approach the beginning of the NFL officiating season (the NFL can communicate with officials starting in May), there’s widespread speculation about who will be the next senior vice president of officiating.
In an active offseason with the NFL voting to centralize replay and senior vice president of officiating Dean Blandino resigning to take a TV job, there is a new layer added. The NFL has announced that it is hiring a brand new position: vice president for instant replay and administration. The new job will oversee…
Embed from Getty Images Former vice president of officiating, Mike Pereira (pictured above), knew every Monday during the football season would be busy. In his book, After Further Review, Pereira wrote that he could predict what coaches would be calling and what they wanted to talk about. He had to field calls, explain why the…
