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8 years agoon
Take a deep breath, glance away from your news feeds, and enjoy some photos of NFL officials from Week 9 courtesy of team photographers and Getty Images.
From team photographers (click on a photo to begin gallery):
From Getty Images (click on a photo to begin gallery):
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?"