NFL has fired some of its worst officials, Hires First Female Official
 

The NFL has fired some of its worst officials.

Although NFL head of officiating Dean Blandino wasn’t quite that blunt in confirming it today, Blandino said “we moved on from” some officials who weren’t up to snuff.

“If an official isn’t performing up to the standards then they won’t be in the NFL,” Blandino said.

Blandino declined to name the officials who won’t be back, but those names are expected to become public soon.

“I won’t get into specific names. We are going to publish the roster toward the end of the month so you can look at the roster and probably figure it out,” Blandino said.

Asked how the NFL determined which officials won’t be back, Blandino said the officials are closely tracked, and if they’re consistently near the bottom of the league in their grades, they won’t be retained.

“Any official, in any competitive arena, could have a poor season, so one season may not necessarily cause us to terminate an official,” Blandino said. “But if it becomes a trend, multiple seasons, we have a tier-based ranking system, the third tier being the lowest performers. Once they enter Tier 3 we put them in an enhanced training regimen and put them in that program, and if we still don’t see improvement, that’s when we move on.”

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NFL announces hiring of Sarah Thomas as full-time official | ProFootballTalk
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NFL hires first full-time female official Sarah Thomas


Watch her video here

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Fine by me. :beer:

Although I feel misled because I assumed "officials" included all within the NFL, not just game time officials. So I came into this thread hoping, beyond all hope, that one Mr R S Goodell was somehow fired. :brood:

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Congrats to her, I've heard the process to become one is very difficult so it's a great achievement.

Maybe having a woman on the sideline will help, they seem to never miss anything you do at home so she should get all the calls right! Lol

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Don't care if its a man or a lady as long as they get the calls right. Good for her thou.

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What took them so long? Some of these blind diots should have been fired years ago then again NFL doesn't do them any favors by changing 5-10 rules every offseason

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She can't make worse calls than the men do.. right? Plus I'd sleep with her. She had a pretty decent throw with the football too

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Do you think she'd make favorable calls toward the Saints if you slept with her? ;)

She is from the South anyway. Maybe she's a Saints fan already...

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No if I slept with her she'd probably leave thinking, Jesus... that's it? Welp, back to the Goodell plan. lol.

On second thought she may be a Saints fan, maybe I shouldn't mess that up sleeping with her

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I bet she calls penalties that everyone already forgot about 5 years ago [emoji4]

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It's a start.

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It's Roger's continuing attempt to appeal to a female audience. That is it, and that is all. Believe me it has not one single thing to do with the quality of her work beyond that being on par with her male counterparts.

The NFL could have done this anytime. All that pink, the breast cancer awareness, the attack on the "violence" in the game? All methods to get more women to become fans of the NFL.

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I wonder what Zooey would look like in zebras? Do you think she could officiate?

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Not right now. She's preggo. And not even married. I was fooled yet again.

I moved all the way to Cali-damn-fornia and been here 5 years and she never called me. Not even once.

I'm considering a move to Taylor Swift. What say you sir?

http://www.billboard.com/files/style...?itok=ZPsPtyPF

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Not bad.... she certainly has more money and brains.

Here she is in zebras...

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Here's a picture of yours truly from last year. My kids love this picture:

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And here's one I just found of Ms Swift from this year:

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We have a match here fellas! This can only be a sign!

:airguitar:

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Bump!

C'Mon people I need some verification (or is that justification?) here!

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I had an epiphany too...

http://www.mensfitnessandmore.com/wp...son-sit-up.jpg

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My kids don't really love that pic tho

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:lol: ... well, your dalliances are really none of my business, but you do know she'll just dump ya' than write a song about you, right? Hmmm .... now what rhythms with "saintfan", :lol:.

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What a way to go!

http://www.usmagazine.com/uploads/as...swift-zoom.jpg