NFL executive oversaw officiating department during tenure Ray Anderson, NFL executive vice president of football operations, will leave his position at the end of the 2013 season to "pursue other opportunities" according to a statement from the National Football League.  In the statement, commissioner Roger Goodell said of Anderson, "Ray’s wide-ranging
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Former NFL official Barnes reflects on his career
NFL loses credibility in assigning replacement officials
The "blooper reel" of funny, frustrating, and exasperating NFL replacement official mistakes was very extensive going into Monday Night Football in Week 3. In one call, the "Fail Mary" smashed the blooper reel with a granite rock of mayhem, bewilderment, chaos, frustration, and questions about the quality of the product
Fumble scrum requires maximum officiating skills
Official turns back to potential tinderbox
It’s much more than getting call, rules right
NFL VP of operations pressed on lockout
NFL executive vice president for football operations, Ray Anderson, clarified the NFL's proposal regarding full-time officials and scoffed at the idea that the integrity of the game would be compromised with replacement officials. The NFL has locked out members of the NFL Referees Association in a contact dispute and has
Eastin on sideline for Preseason Week 2
[media-credit name="Mike Jurecki | XTRA 910 Sports." align="alignright" width="150"][/media-credit] Shannon Eastin will have to wait at least week to continue her history-making stint as the first female NFL referee. A source with knowledge of the second week assignments of the replacement officials indicates that Eastin will be in uniform, but will
Referee temps have ’01 scab experience
Crossing the proverbial picket line is familiar to some of this year's replacement officials. That's because the NFL has found somebody that they used to know. Eleven years ago, when the NFL Referees Association went on strike, the league hired replacement officials, who served in the preseason and Week 1 of