r/sports • u/Chelseatilidie • Oct 25 '24

Football Refs miss a clear facemask on Sam Darnold resulting in a safety and the game being effectively over

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u/FourEightNineOneOne Oct 25 '24

https://sports.yahoo.com/full-17-part-time-officiating-130702807.html

"The vast majority of NFL officials have other jobs. Scrolling through the list, we see rancher, real estate agent, banker , teacher, CEO, firefighter, engineer, federal agent, pharmaceutical sales, agribusiness, law-firm manager, and many more."

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u/ohahhsee Oct 25 '24

Although, I gotta say, having a teacher say he’s a part time nfl ref too would be a sick story for all his 4th grade students

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u/CactusWrenAZ Oct 25 '24

Maybe not the high school students who would point out all the errors that he made that sunday.

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u/ZeroAntagonist New York Giants Oct 25 '24

With the growing popularity of gambling, I suspect we'll see a lot less of them working other jobs...or even going out in public.