re: Side Judge for Saints/Panthers replaced

Posted on 9/16/12 at 9:21 am to arrakis

Posted by 4LSU2

Member since Dec 2009

37534 posts

Posted on 9/16/12 at 9:21 am to arrakis

You mean to tell me that a replacement referee that does not officiate NFL on a regular basis has a favorite team!?!?!?

frick the NFL front office.

3 Jump to Post ...

Report Post Jump to Post

Posted by St Augustine

The Pauper of the Surf

Member since Mar 2006

65430 posts

Posted on 9/16/12 at 9:22 am to 4LSU2

pretty good paragraph by Florio on this

quote:
The fact that Stropolo slipped through the cracks demonstrates the speed with which the league slapped together the replacement crews. So whether it’s Stropolo being a Saints fans or Shannon Eastin being a professional poker player or — far more importantly — a possible Tim Donaghy who is trying to parlay a short-term NFL gig into a major score, the NFL doesn’t know as much about the replacements as it does about the regular officials, and it’s important for the NFL to continue to turn over stones as the lockout of the regular officials proceeds.

Just reflects poorly on this whole sham of commish.

This post was edited on 9/16/12 at 9:25 am

0 Jump to Post ...

Report Post Jump to Post

Posted by arrakis

Member since Nov 2008

21168 posts

Posted on 9/16/12 at 9:31 am to 4LSU2

quote:
You mean to tell me that a replacement referee that does not officiate NFL on a regular basis has a favorite team!?!?!?

In their defense, 6 months ago they were calling games on Saturday and had no thought of being on the field on Sunday. However, EVERY official signs a conflict of interest statement so he forgot about his Facebook page? I'm not questioning his integrity, but it looks bad and the whole point of the COI is to prevent this.

Then there's NFL security. They have a staff that does nothing but check on these types of things so where were they over the past month or two? Ever heard of Google?