The brief tenure of Carl Johnson as vice-president of officiating will end after this year’s Super Bowl. The NFL is reporting that Johnson is returning to...
Week 13: Giants at Redskins In the second quarter, line judge Tom Stephan left game with an injury. He walked off to the Redskins sideline, and...
In the last two weeks, the Falcons (video) and the Lions have both been burned by throwing a red challenge flag on a play subject to...
Week 11: Jaguars at Texans Referee Clete Blakeman nearly presided over tie games in back-to-back weeks. The new overtime rule (to reiterate, we hate it) is...
Head linesman George Hayward had to leave Sunday’s Bills-Patriots game with an injury near the end of the third quarter. We asked the league when...
With questionable calls lately, segment to air 1st time since ’10 A popular segment that highlights NFL rules and NFL officiating is making a return to...
A suggestion from an 11-year old boy will be evident on the field this week for the Miami Dolphins – New York Jets game. The officiating...
Football Zebras.com exclusive Bill Vinovich walked off the field after the 2006 season, sidelined by a heart condition. Sunday, he returns to the field to officiate...
Football Zebras.com exclusive The United Football League has entered its fourth season this week, but it had to leave five of their officials behind. The NFL...
The NFL officials are in Dallas today to meet with union leadership and vote to ratify the collective bargaining agreement with the NFL. Watch this post...
The return of the regular NFL referees is making front-page news.
‘REAL’ OFFICIALS RETURN TO FIELD TONIGHT [Check the bottom of this post for the latest updates.] The NFL and the NFL Referees Association have reached a...
Progress is being made in the talks between the NFL and the NFL Referees Association. Since the news is moving fairly swiftly, we are going to...
Replacement official’s Facebook profile puts him on inactive list The NFL has removed side judge Brian Stropolo from today’s Saints-Panthers game because of a professed allegiance...
League, NFLRA turn back on each other, fans The lockout of the NFL’s officials will continue into the regular season, as the league and the union...
The following memo was distributed to the 32 NFL teams from the league office on Saturday. The response from the NFL Referees Association was sent Sunday....
After a month of silence, the typical 11th hour negotiation cram sessions are now underway between the NFL and the NFL Referees Association. The game officials...
The inevitable has now become reality: there will be replacement referees in the first week of the regular season. The NFL has locked out its union...
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...
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