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NFL referees will be getting a new boss next year.Mike Pereira, the league's vice president of officiating, is retiring. Jay Glazer reported on Fox (via PFT) that Pereira will spend a final year on the job to get his replacement up to speed, and then he'll be out of the NFL, where he's been the head of refs since 2001.
Pereira is best known to fans for appearing on NFL Network to explain rules and controversial calls, and in that role he does a fine job. It would be a wise move for one of the TV networks to hire Pereira as a commentator.
But I'd also like to see Pereira's successor in an even more visible role, perhaps appearing on NBC's Football Night in America every Sunday to talk about what happened that afternoon. Although NFL officials sometimes screw up and deserve to be called out when they do, it seems that just as often, criticism on Sundays is a result of TV announcers, others in the football media and fans just not knowing the rules.
We're lucky to have the Zebra Report to clear up some of the confusion, but the next head of officials could play a greater part in explaining the rules to the fans as well.
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