It is time for the next generation of referee veterans to step up.
This is the first time in at least 40 years that the NFL will have four first-year referees in one season.
5 officiating observations from the 2017 season.
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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...
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...
#158811399 / gettyimages.com Football Zebras has learned from multiple sources that back judge Kurt Dornan has retired. He is now the 14th official to have left...
Allen, Torbert, and Wrolstad impress in first few weeks This is the first time since the early 1990s that the NFL assigned three new referees in...
Brad Allen works his first-ever NFL game as a referee Referee Brad Allen (number 122) made history this past Sunday as he worked his first-ever game in...
It is time. Clinic attended, check. Rules test taken, check. Camps visited, check. Preseason games officiated, check. It is time for the 2014 NFL season. Just...
Three NFL officials will get a chance to wear the white hat in the hopes of a promotion.
The league announced that Mark Pellis has been hired to fill the vacancy left by the surprise retirement of Mike Carey, who left the field to...
With 12 vacancies filled in the last few months, how will the NFL approach filling a 13th spot after the resignation of referee Mike Carey? The...
Brad Allen is the first official in almost 50 years to be placed in the referee position in his first NFL season.
[Update: Brad Allen was moved to referee without having worked at the umpire position to fill a vacancy caused by referee Mike Carey’s departure. The post...
This post has been updated to reflect changes in the 2014 officiating staff after the initial announcement. The NFL has announced its 2014 roster of officials...
Four new hires have collegiate referee experience Football Zebras has learned the names of five more college officials hired by the NFL, and that there will...
The developmental officials that comprised the NFL's "taxi squad" are headed back to their college conferences for the start of the college football season.