Post by dave on Sept 26, 2012 11:36:44 GMT -5
A job I'm not sure I could handle, but would be willing to try .... 
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NFL referees: Lingerie Football League says NFL using ref it fired
By Houston Mitchell
September 26, 2012
Note to NFL: You know you are in trouble when even the Lingerie Football League is making fun of you.
Mitch Mortaza, commissioner of the LFL (which is exactly what it sounds like: Women in lingerie playing football), took a shot at the NFL on Tuesday when he said one of the NFL's replacement referees had been fired by the Lingerie League a year ago because of incompetence.
Mortaza was speaking specifically of Craig Ochoa, a replacement official hired by the NFL. Ochoa was an official during an NFL preseason game and is on call as an alternate during the regular season.
"It was a bit of a shock to see guys that couldn't officiate in our league were officiating in the NFL," Mortaza told Yahoo Sports.
Mortaza says he fired the entire officiating crew that Ochoa was part of.
"The entire crew was released due to several poorly called games which included missed calls, poor judgment and poor presentation for broadcast. They were hurting our overall broadcast caliber. And if it's opening up our players for potential injury, those things raise red flags here. When either of those two things are compromised, it's time to start thinking about parting ways."
Continued at:
www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-lingerie-football-league-20120926,0,4173638.story
NFL referees: Lingerie Football League says NFL using ref it fired
By Houston Mitchell
September 26, 2012
Note to NFL: You know you are in trouble when even the Lingerie Football League is making fun of you.
Mitch Mortaza, commissioner of the LFL (which is exactly what it sounds like: Women in lingerie playing football), took a shot at the NFL on Tuesday when he said one of the NFL's replacement referees had been fired by the Lingerie League a year ago because of incompetence.
Mortaza was speaking specifically of Craig Ochoa, a replacement official hired by the NFL. Ochoa was an official during an NFL preseason game and is on call as an alternate during the regular season.
"It was a bit of a shock to see guys that couldn't officiate in our league were officiating in the NFL," Mortaza told Yahoo Sports.
Mortaza says he fired the entire officiating crew that Ochoa was part of.
"The entire crew was released due to several poorly called games which included missed calls, poor judgment and poor presentation for broadcast. They were hurting our overall broadcast caliber. And if it's opening up our players for potential injury, those things raise red flags here. When either of those two things are compromised, it's time to start thinking about parting ways."
Continued at:
www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-lingerie-football-league-20120926,0,4173638.story
