Make NFL Referee Association’s Statistics Public

To:  NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue & NFL Referees Association

Petition to Make NFL Referee Association’s Statistics Public
Addressed to NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue & NFL Referees Association

We the fans of the NFL have great respect for the sport, players and the league as a whole, but over the last couple of years there seems to be this growing trend of NFL field officials making bad calls. For example, this was the second week of the NFL playoffs and at times there were some crucial calls made/and not made that could have been considered as momentum swings.

On behalf of the NFL fans I am submitting this official online petition to request that the statistics for the crews who officiate games during the season be made public on a weekly basis. I feel if the NFL officials’ statistics are out there for each crew on a weekly basis to the press and public there is a chance that these crews will better officiate the games.

As for my definition of referee “statistics” the league could possibly use a slide bar method to show:

1)Which crews call certain penalties more or less than others.
2)Which crews have been challenged more or less by the coaches.
3)Which crews have reviewed, and their finding percentage.
4)An overall tally of penalties with yardage total called during a game.

As a true fan of the NFL I hope that this petition will at least inspire some thought, and hopefully be decided upon before the 2006 or 2007 season.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The Make NFL Referee Association’s Statistics Public Petition to NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue & NFL Referees Association was created by and written by Keith Hayes (sinista1@msn.com).  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form.

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