For many years, the Pro Bowl officiating assignment was a gift for retiring officials or a consolation prize for officials who just missed a playoff assignment. Now, with a re-imagined Pro Bowl -- more of a skills competition than an actual game -- there is no longer a need for NFL
Author: Mark Schultz
Mark Schultz is a high school football official, freelance writer and journalist. He first became interested in officiating when he was six years old, was watching a NFL game with his father and asked the fateful question, "Dad, what are those guys in the striped shirts doing?"
Conference Championships photo album, 2022
4 observations from the divisional playoff weekend
The conference championships are coming at us like a freight train, but before the semi-finals kick off, here are a few thoughts from the divisional playoff weekend. 1. Nice and smooth All four crews called a great game this weekend. Each referee is a divisional playoff veteran. So the lights didn't burn
40-year anniversary of the play where Pat Haggerty’s life flashed before his eyes
Divisional playoffs photo album, 2022
Long before Zoom, the Super Bowl XIX coin toss was remote
4 officiating observations from ‘Super Wild Card Weekend’
Six games in three days - a double header, a triple header and a single. That's a lot of playoff football. The games can start to whirl together but here are my officiating observations from the "Super Wild Card Weekend." 1. Replay more prominent - or was it? https://clips.clippit.tv/qnlaen/360.mp4 It seems like there
2022 Wild Card photo album
Breaking down the 2022 playoff wild card assignments
As we tee up “Super Wild Card Weekend” let’s break down some of the wild card officiating assignments. This weekend sees NFL officials calling their first-ever playoff assignment: • Mike Carr, down judge number 63 (sixth season, 2021 Pro Bowl) • Mike Dolce, down judge number 123 (third season, 2021 alternate) • Tom Eaton,
