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An attempt was made to fix the 1946 NFL Championship Game between the New York Giants and the Chicago Bears, in favor of the latter team. Alvin J. Paris was convicted of bribery in 1947 for soliciting Giants players Frank Filchock and Merle Hapes .
The refs are not the reason Kansas City has prevailed in 17 consecutive one-score games and are headed to another Super Bowl. They earned it, in part by taking advantage of every break given. It ...
In organized sports, match fixing (also known as game fixing, race fixing, throwing, rigging or more generally sports fixing) is the act of playing or officiating a contest with the intention of achieving a predetermined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law.
The National Football League Referees Association (NFLRA), established in 1972 as the Professional Football Referees Association is a labor union that serves as the collective bargaining agency for game officials with the National Football League (NFL). The NFLRA has been involved in two work stoppages, lock outs taking place in 2001 and 2012.
The Los Angeles Rams have now been involved in two controversial late-game pass interference calls in 2020. The penalty essentially locked up the win for Los Angeles. Los Angeles was called for a ...
Hurts would score on the next play, giving his team a 41-23 lead with 12 minutes to go. Still, Hochuli's announcement will remain in the memory of NFL fans for a long time.
In 1972, Seeman accepted a position as referee in the Big Ten Conference (alongside another future NFL referee, Jerry Markbreit) where he would stay until being hired by the NFL in 1975. In his first year in the NFL, Seeman worked as a line judge before moving to head linesman and eventually referee, a position he held from 1979 until the ...
Former NFL VPs of officiating Dean Blandino and Mike Pereira each now work for Fox on game days, while longtime NFL referees Gene Steratore, Terry McAulay and John Parry now work for CBS, NBC and ...