The owners passed a major change to modify the rules for the touchdown-conversion try, which is arguably the most significant scoring change in football in over...
During the Bears-Browns preseason game, the TV announcers made a passing reference that referee Ed Hochuli might be in his last year as an official —...
View image | gettyimages.com According to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, NFL umpire Bill Schuster will leave the field in November to undergo treatment for esophageal...
Football Zebras exclusive The NFL will audition three officials at the referee position this week. Three current NFL officials will don the white hat for at...
The officials have been informed of the new game-ball handling procedures for 2015.
With ten new officials and several new rules, NFL vice-president of officiating Dean Blandino will be busy over the next 2½ days. The NFL officials are...
20 officials get the chance to audition for the NFL The NFL has announced its third class of officials in the Advanced Development Program (ADP). These...
View image | gettyimages.com Side judge Jimmy DeBell (number 58) will not officiate in the NFL in 2015. Matt Leader of The Livingston County News broke the...
The NFL owners took a drastic step to modify the rules for the touchdown-conversion try, which is arguably the most significant scoring change in football since...
The NFL owners are convening in San Francisco for their spring meeting. Usually this is a noneventful congregation of the 32 ownership interests working out some...
View image | gettyimages.com Football Zebras exclusive The NFL has promoted veteran line judge John Hussey (number 35) to be a referee beginning in the 2015...
Bill Leavy, an official in the NFL since 1995, wearing number 127, is stepping aside after 20 years to take a regional supervisor position, where he...
John Keck, a 25-year NFL officiating veteran passed away on May 6 from complications of Alzheimer's disease. He was 83. Keck wore number 67 and was...
The Pacific-12 Conference has hired NFL director of officiating David Coleman as its vice president of officiating — a newly created position for the college conference. ...
Nine new officials are set to make their NFLÂ debut this season, including the first permanent female official and the son of a veteran white hat....
Extra point rule changes are a solution in search of a problem Commentary by Mark Schultz At the recently concluded NFL Competition Committee meetings, the committee...
Below are the proposals under consideration by the owners at the 2015 Annual Meeting, shown with the disposition of each proposal. (See our projected votes.) Rule...
The Competition Committee and the teams have submitted 23 rules proposals for the 2015 season -- surprisingly, 13 of them involve replay. Which ones realistically have...
The Competition Committee released the list of rules modifications being submitted to the ownership for a vote at next week’s Owners Meetings. Proposals may be made...
View image | gettyimages.com Commentary by Mark Schultz We are coming up on a critical few weeks in the NFL as vice president for officiating, Dean...
