{"id":39970,"date":"2025-04-10T08:54:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T08:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39970"},"modified":"2025-04-10T08:54:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T08:54:51","slug":"breaking-news-the-nfl-fired-three-officials-and-demoted-them-to-power-conferences-in-college-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39970","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : The NFL fired three officials and demoted them to power conferences in college football&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NFL\u00a0fans are constantly asking for more transparency and accountability when it comes to officiating. Those calls are rarely answered in a direct manner, but many fans were happy to see a relative shuffling of the deck on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0Ben Austro of Football Zebras, three officials have been fired. The officials have also been moved back to power conference\u00a0college football, effectively demoting them instead of firing them without a job to fall back on.<\/p>\n<p>Fans reacted to the move on social media, and the feedback appears to be mostly positive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-twitter-embed\">\n<figure class=\"m-embed mm-embed--twitter l-inline\">\n<div class=\"rna-container rh-null\" data-embed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/username\/status\/1910133635677552773\" data-rhp=\"1\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" data-rhp=\"1\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1910133635677552773&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fthespun.com%2Fnfl%2Fnfl-fans-react-to-three-referees-getting-fired&amp;sessionId=487d5f400a47ecb30c71d7e928361ccdaacdd7d5&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1910133635677552773\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;finally accountability,&#8221;\u00a0one fan said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;MLB\u00a0should do the same with several of their umpires,&#8221;\u00a0another fan said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please tell me these are the morons who missed the facemask on Bucky and AWIII clearly punching the ball out of Pitts hands? Or the bogus hold on Wirfs against BAL that changed the complex of that whole game? Or called the INT when clearly a TD against Dallas?,&#8221;\u00a0said one Tampa Bay fan\u00a0with clear grievances.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can\u2019t think of a better thing for the sport than creating a culture of accountability for officials. The next best thing would be to pay them more,&#8221;\u00a0one fan suggested.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they can\u2019t make the right calls at this level, how can they make the right calls at any level? The slower the game? Send them back to pee wee and have them prove themselves all over again,&#8221;\u00a0another fan said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Only 3?,&#8221;\u00a0one fan asked, apparently wanting more officials to be demoted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They had to have worked every chiefs game,&#8221;\u00a0another fan said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s just GREAT. More bad officiating expected for Alabama,&#8230;.or Georgia,&#8230;.or Michigan,&#8221;\u00a0one fan said, lamenting the return of the officials to college football.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thespun.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjA5MzEwNTM0MzU1Mzk2Mzg5\/new-england-patriots-v-miami-dolphins.jpg\" alt=\"NFL officials holds the football for a measurement.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"l-inline tml-image m-detail--tml-image--inline\"><figcaption>\n<p class=\"tml-image--caption\">MIAMI GARDENS, FL &#8211; JANUARY 9: Field judge John Jenkins (117) holds a football during a measurement during an NFL football game between the Miami Dolphins and the New England Patriots at Hard Rock Stadium on January 9, 2022 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Perry Knotts\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"tml-image--attribution\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1844026270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Perry Knotts\/Getty Images<\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The officials who were reportedly fired included second-year umpire James Carter, third-year line judge Robin DeLorenzo and first-year down judge Robert Richeson.<\/p>\n<p>Carter was the only one of the three who participated in the most recent playoffs &#8211; Richeson wasn&#8217;t eligible for selection as a rookie and DeLorenzo did not qualify to work on a playoff game in her two seasons with the league.<\/p>\n<p>Carter himself was only selected as an alternate for the wild card round after a string of injuries last year.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see if the firing motivates more officials to improve the number of calls they get correct next season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL\u00a0fans are constantly asking for more transparency and accountability when it comes to officiating. 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