Scott Green will head the Pro Bowl crew from Hawaii on Sunday. As the sun sets on paradise, so will also end Green’s 23-year NFL career. Side judge Larry Rose is retiring after the game, also.
The Pro Bowl assignment goes to officials that did not have a postseason game, although five members of this crew worked as alternates in the playoffs. The league first reviews union requests for assignments; in many cases, these are retiring officials or to commemorate certain individuals. After that, the league assigns a non-playoff official in the remaining positions to the most senior available official who has not done a Hawaii game since 2001. (The 2009 Pro Bowl in Miami is not counted.)
| Yr. | Crew | College | Occupation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 19 | Scott Green | 23 | Delaware | president, government support services | |
| U | 70 | Scott Dawson | 19 | McAulay | Virginia Tech | president/owner, commercial construction company |
| HL | 74 | Derick Bowers | 11 | Parry | East Central | sales representative |
| LJ | 130 | Darryll Lewis | 15 | Corrente | Dartmouth | associate professor |
| FJ | 20 | Barry Anderson | 7 | Triplette | North Carolina State | builder/developer |
| SJ | 128 | Larry Rose | 17 | Green | Florida | financial planner |
| BJ | 93 | Scott Helverson | 11 | Green | Iowa | sales, printing and promotions |
| ALT | 14 | Ron Winter | 19 | Michigan State | university professor |
Scott Helverson was on Scott Green’s crew, not Walt Anderson’s crew. Walt Anderson’s back judge was Billy Smith.
Thanks for the correction. That was a last minute change right before the season, and I never updated the spreadsheet that generates the roster table.
Actually, officials ranked 12 at their position get the pro bowl (assuming all in front of them received a playoff game i.e. were eligible to work a playoff game). The running joke is # 11 works a wild card game and #12 get a free trip to Hawaii. # 11 is always heard saying “I should have F’d a few more calls and I’d be going to Hawaii. With all the poor and incorrect calls this past season, it’s a wonder the league didn’t have to charter a private jet to take a tpn pf the officials to Hawaii!
I don’t think that has actually worked that way, or if it did, it has not been that way in a long time.
The procedure outlined above is either a gentleman’s agreement between the league and union or it is actually part of the CBA.
Actually, Larry Rose was offered a conference championship game or the Pro Bowl…he told me it was a no brainer!