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Originally Posted by JRutledge
I know this is a minor issue, but from my understanding they are only downgraded for bad plays. If they get a play right or they use the proper mechanics or positioning, they do not get an "upgrade." I will ask in a couple of weeks to be sure when I will see at least two NFL Officials at an association function.
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That would be great.
Here's what I was going by, a passage from Markbreit's second book (which is really the first book with some new material):
Later, the supervisors reviewed the game films and graded me on all my calls. They grade every call from 1 to 7. A routine call is a 5, a good call a 6, an outstanding call a 7. In 224 games that year, maybe they gave out three 7's. That Monday, when Commissioner Pete Rozelle reviewed the play, I heard that he asked a supervisor in the league office, "What grade did Markbreit get on that call?" The supervisor said, "He got a 7." Rozelle said, "Is that all?"
This was in the aftermath of the Charles Martin/Jim McMahon situation in 1986, so as that was 22 years ago, they may have changed the format since then. But that's what I was going by.