Steinberg: NFL needs to replace the replacements
September 9, 2012 by admin
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There is a critical need to enforce unnecessary roughness and late-hit penalties to protect the health and safety of players. This is a sport that has been generally well-officiated by well-trained, experienced professionals. The search for replacement officials focused on small college Division II and III football. There are also replacements from the Arena League, high schools and even the Lingerie Football League. This is the first experience in NFL football for all of them.
The preseason was played with these replacements. In the first game, referee Craig Ochoa announced that New Orleans had won the toss. Except it was Arizona. There were penalties called on wrong players, spots of the ball were a couple yards off and inaccurate or misleading explanations were made publicly of the penalty calls.
It is not that regular officials never make bad calls. But the pressure and activity in the regular season is vastly different than the preseason. Regular season games feature the fastest, most talented players, and the speed of the game is exponentially higher.
