Embed from Getty Images  This week, the NFL will have eight officials on the field for all games. The eighth position is the middle judge,...
The NFL is continuing its evaluation of an eighth officiating position in the second week of preseason, and there are indications that the permanent addition is...
As the 2016 preseason and season kicks off, new points of emphasis on player safety will be given a closer look by officials.
The long, brutal offseason is finally over (a week later than expected), and a full slate of NFL preseason games begins this week. Our normal process...
The first preseason games for the 2016 season are still a few days away, but it’s still not too soon for disagreements with an official’s...
NFL umpire Bill Schuster (number 129) is getting ready to officiate the 2016 season. The NFL veteran was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2015.
In 2016, players will not only have to worry about fines, but ejection if they commit two unsportsmanlike fouls of certain varieties. This is a one-year...
Former NFL umpire Art Demmas died August 6 in Nashville at the age of 82.
Two potential questions will measure the efficacy of the rule: did it result in more touchbacks and a consistent number of kickoffs in the end zone?
The 97th season league history begins Sunday from the place where the seed was first planted — Canton, Ohio. Culminating the enshrinement festivities of the 2016...
Embed from Getty Images  29 individuals take part in on-field audition This year, the NFL has accepted 29 developmental officials in its annual preseason training...
The Czech League of American Football now has its own Fail Mary ... in a championship game.
Embed from Getty Images  Traditionally, officiating crews have been kept together from week to week throughout the whole of a season with few deviations. At...
Embed from Getty Images  The NFL has always sought to make nearly every play both competitive for the players and exciting for the fans. When...
NFL Referees at their pre season "Officiating Clinic" here in Texas pic.twitter.com/shaDSpAPbh — Ben Murphy (@BenMurphyTV) July 15, 2016 As officials settled into their annual clinic...
It’s time. The NFL officials are gathering in Dallas for a weekend clinic as they prepare for the upcoming season. Don’t look now, but the first...
Embed from Getty Images   Report: CBS and Carey ‘mutually agreed to part ways’ Former NFL official Mike Carey will no longer analyze NFL calls...
Field judge Jabir Walker is working Canadian Football League preseason games as part of the NFL-CFL Officiating Development Program. Walker is joined by colleagues Dale Shaw...
Since the replay system was reintroduced in 1999, the review rules have only been subject to incremental revision, rather than any of the proposed wholesale changes to...
Embed from Getty Images  Football Zebras has obtained the officiating crew rosters for the 2016 NFL season. This season, three new officials have been hired...