Dean Blandino, the senior vice president of officiating, will be stepping down on May 31 to take a job as a television analyst, as first reported by Aditi Kinkhabwala and Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.
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With the owners approving the Raiders move to Las Vegas, the rules proposals will be under discussion at the owners' meeting on Monday and extending into Tuesday.
The NFL Competition Committee is announcing their agenda for the 2017 Annual Meeting which includes new rules proposals. Football Zebras is reviewing the proposals as they are announced with instant analysis. The announcement from Rich McKay, chairman of the committee, and Troy Vincent, executive vice president of football operations, includes proposals submitted by various teams as well as from the Competition Committee . [ 30 more words ]
For the 2017 season all replay reviews will be centralized in the league's gameday command center and decided by the senior vice president of officiating.
The NFLRA announced it is honoring three officials who retired at the end of the 2016 season: HL John McGrath, LJ Tony Veteri, and SJ Bob Waggoner.
Terri Valenti is now the first female replay official in the NFL, and joins line judge Sarah Thomas who was the first woman to hold a permanent officiating position.
Embed from Getty Images The NFL Competition Committee is considering having officials eject players for flagrant hits, cracking down on celebrations and taking the next step in instant replay technology. The committee met last week to consider modifying rules to improve the game. If the Competition Committee recommends any rule changes, the owners will meet later this month and vote on those proposals. [ 409 more words ]
While an overwhelming number of coaches at the college level behave themselves, it is time for officials to enforce the rules and hold coaches accountable.
Embed from Getty Images Jeff Triplette has resigned as president of the NFL Referees Association (NFLRA), the officials' union. Vice president Tony Steratore is now president. The NFLRA Board of Directors appointed Carl Paganelli as vice president. Triplette had been NFLRA president since 2013 after serving as vice president and as a member of its board of directors. NFLRA executive director Scott Green… [ 347 more words ]
We hope you were able to survive the first weekend without football. While there won't be any games until August, there will be a lot of activity to prepare for 2017.
Getty Images has some excellent images of the Super Bowl LI officials in action. Click on one of the photos to begin the gallery. Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images We were able to find some officating photos courtesy of the Atlanta Falcons. Click on a photo to begin the gallery:
NFL senior vice president of officiating Dean Blandino broke down three calls from Super Bowl LI in his weekly video for the media. The first play is a potential pass/fumble with special forward fumble rule implications. The first play after the two-minute warning in the second quarter, there was a potential pass-fumble play. Referee Carl Cheffers ruled it a pass reception. [ 163 more words ]
Embed from Getty Images Nothing compares to the speed of a NFL game. While I've never been on the field for one, I worked on the chain gang of Division I NCAA game one level down from the pros. The speed at that level was dizzying. I can only imagine how fast it is on the field. So, how in the world do NFL officials call those sideline catches and those bang-bang plays in real-time? [ 470 more words ]
