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[BktBallRef]

Originally posted by rainmaker
Does anyone know what happened to the ref that went down in today's Pittsburgh-NYJets game? And did they have a sub ready to go in for him? What's the NFL standard procedure for this?

I know NBA has a sub available for play-off games, do they for regular season games?

Juules, the Head Linesman, John McGrath, pulled a hamstring on the TD scoring punt return. Alternate John Schleyer filled in for McGrath.

During the playoffs, the NFL has two alternates at each game. Next weekend, one of the alternates will be a referee. For the Super Bowl, there are three alternates, one of which is an alternate referee.

[Edited by BktBallRef on Jan 15th, 2005 at 11:01 PM]