Maxman Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 BOWL LI OFFICIALS NAMED Referee CARL CHEFFERS will lead the seven-person crew of game officials selected to work Super Bowl LI on Sunday, February 5 at NRG Stadium, the NFL announced today. The other members of the Super Bowl LI officiating crew are DAN FERRELL (umpire), KENT PAYNE (head linesman), JEFF SEEMAN (line judge), DOUG ROSENBAUM (field judge), DYROL PRIOLEAU (side judge), and TODD PRUKOP (back judge). Collectively, the Super Bowl LI officiating crew has 93 years of NFL officiating experience and 64 combined playoff game assignments. Cheffers, in his 17th season as an NFL game official, entered the league in 2000 as a side judge and was promoted to referee in 2008. He has officiated 10 playoff games, including two conference championships. He was the alternate referee for Super Bowl XLIX and an alternate official for Super Bowl XLII. Under the NFL officiating program's evaluation system, officials must be rated in the top tier at their position to be eligible for the Super Bowl. They must have at least five years of NFL experience and previous playoff assignments. TOM SIFFERMAN is the replay official. Cheffers, Ferrell, Prioleau, and Prukop are officiating in their first Super Bowl. Payne and Rosenbaum worked Super Bowl XLV and Seeman officiated Super Bowl XLIV. SUPER BOWL LI OFFICIATING CREW POSITION UNIFORM NUMBER OFFICIAL NFL SEASONS CAREER PLAYOFF GAMES Referee 51 Carl Cheffers 17 10 Umpire 64 Dan Ferrell 14 10 Head Linesman 79 Kent Payne 13 12 Line Judge 45 Jeff Seeman 15 11 Field Judge 67 Doug Rosenbaum 16 12 Side Judge 109 Dyrol Prioleau 10 4 Back Judge 30 Todd Prukop 8 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot Killa Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 They must be so fortunate...no, not to ref the super bowl. To make all that money when Brady ups they're pay for a few lucky calls.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 12 minutes ago, Patriot Killa said: They must be so fortunate...no, not to ref the super bowl. To make all that money when Brady ups they're pay for a few lucky calls.? I was going to post something very similar ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYJ37/12 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 makes no sense breaking up the regular crews to form an "all star" team for the playoffs and super bowl. These guys have enough trouble calling a good game, now mixing them with people they are not familiar with brings added risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peebag Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 I wonder what their bonuses will be from Bob Kraft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadFan Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Is this one of the crews that saw fit to not flag the Cheats what felt like even once in either playoff game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Dewey, Cheetum & Howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot Killa Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 must be a real privilege to earn some of that money people think Brady never sees because he's a good teammate. i can keep this going for days tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 18 hours ago, Patriot Killa said: They must be so fortunate...no, not to ref the super bowl. To make all that money when Brady ups they're pay for a few lucky calls.? Vegas pays them. The NFL pays Vegas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot Killa Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 7 minutes ago, Integrity28 said: Vegas pays them. The NFL pays Vegas. I imagine vegas is a heavy spender around super bowl time. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the black out during the 9ers/Ravens game.....very fishy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 On 1/25/2017 at 2:13 PM, NYJ37/12 said: makes no sense breaking up the regular crews to form an "all star" team for the playoffs and super bowl. These guys have enough trouble calling a good game, now mixing them with people they are not familiar with brings added risk. They are still employees who are getting a bonus for being better at their job. If you were the best back judge in the league, but on a crew where the ref made a lot of bad calls, would you want to be penalized? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYJ37/12 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Jared said: They are still employees who are getting a bonus for being better at their job. If you were the best back judge in the league, but on a crew where the ref made a lot of bad calls, would you want to be penalized? Doesn't matter. For years the nfl would let the best crews do the post season, not the best individuals from all the crews. If you've ever been a ref or know one you would see my point of view. It's difficult to throw a crew together when they are not used to working together. At the end of the day it really doesn't matter anyway, nfl jumped the shark tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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