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The fans should not attend any home games on Sunday and the fans should not watch anything on television or cable dealing with the NFL on Sunday. -
Not all the refs are replacement refs. The refs in the replay booth did not go on strike and they are the regular refs. I can not for the life of me figure out why they did not overturn the call. Even with the TV cameras, it was clear there was an interception.Comment
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they say those shoves are over looked in hail mary type situations.
Leno had a lot of fun with the refs last night. One clip showed the Seattle qb being interviewed, with the seattle team carrying the ref on their shoulders behind him.Comment
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http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/s...ays/57842200/1
Tutor says replacement ref who called TD not ready for Division I
Small wonder why NFL replacement official Lance Easley is considered public enemy No. 1 this week -- and maybe for the entire season in Green Bay, Wis.
Working as the side judge Monday night, the longtime Southern California high school and junior college official signaled the winning catch by receiver Golden Tate in the Seattle Seahawks' last-play, 14-12 win against the Green Bay Packers -- a call the world believes he blew by turning an obvious interception into a touchdown.
But why was he in the NFL?
He wasn't deemed good enough to become a Division I college official this summer, according to Karl Richins and his staff of Division I college officials at Stars and Stripes Academy for Football Officials in Salt Lake City.
"I got to know Lance at a June academy I worked at in Reno and when he came to my academy in July," Richins said. "He's a very polite, good Christian gentleman, a good father to his son, Daniel, who was at my academy as well.
"But was Lance ready to work at the NFL level? Absolutely not."
Richins' staff determined that Easley, vice president of small business banking at Bank of America in Santa Maria, Calif., wasn't ready for Division I, the highest level of college officiating, never mind the much faster NFL game.
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Official Who Signaled Seahawks Touchdown Was Deemed Not Ready For Division I Football This Summer
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To clear things up: Yes, the owners are wholly responsible for the lockout. But we identify and delve into the backgrounds of the replacement refs not to be mean, but for two legitimate reasons. First, they're scabs, and without them crossing the picket line, the lockout would have been over months ago. And second, fans really ought to know how inexperienced and incapable some are, because the NFL sure as hell isn't going to make that information public.
Yesterday we learned that Lance Easley, the side judge who signaled that Golden Tate had at least as good a claim to the ball as did M.D. Jennings, was a banker from Northern California who refs both basketball and football, at the high school, junior college, and Division III levels. (The NFL requires its regular officials to have 10 years' experience, at least five of those in major-college football. The Los Angeles Times points out that Easley has four total years of officiating experience.)
Today USA Today goes a little deeper into his background, and it's less than comforting. In July, Easley attended the Stars and Stripes Academy for Football Officials, a refereeing clinic located in Salt Lake City. As the academy's website explains it,
The level of football, style of training and evaluation, method of film study, crew interaction and competition are all designed to match the experience of being a Division-I football official. That is the purpose of the Stars and Stripes Academy – To prepare officials for Big Time football. The Academy instructors are all current BCS level officials who have worked Conference Championships and/or National Championships. They want to help you get there too.
But Easley wasn't ready for the jump yet. According to Karl Richins, an instructor at the academy, Easley didn't yet have what it takes to work Division I football, let alone the NFL.
"I got to know Lance at a June academy I worked at in Reno and when he came to my academy in July," Richins said. "He's a very polite, good Christian gentleman, a good father to his son, Daniel, who was at my academy as well.
"But was Lance ready to work at the NFL level? Absolutely not."
Richins' staff determined that Easley, vice president of small business banking at Bank of America in Santa Maria, Calif., wasn't ready for Division I, the highest level of college officiating, never mind the much faster NFL game.
The academy wrapped up on July 8, mind you. A month later Easley was working NFL preseason games.
I do feel bad for Easley, who probably wants to disappear right now, or at least have a nice stiff drink. And what do you know! Last night he was out at a Fresno bar, where he perhaps unwisely posed for a photo with a young woman in a Packers shirt. (CBS 47 sports director George Takata tweeted the photo as a tri-pane, so blame him for it.)
The league and the NFLRA met for talks last night. The owners are reportedly not willing to compromise. Easley could be working your favorite team's game this SundayComment
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