Back Judge reassigned

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by ajmc

You might need a much bigger scorecard, Rich, but I understand the league threw their official (who once again) was in ABSOLUTELY PERFECT POSITION to rule on what he observed, and decided (as his responsibility) that a violation did not occur, under the nearest bus.

Here's what you're not getting...

Yes - it was a judgement call.

But his judgement was SO CLEARLY wrong, in the opinion of his employer, that they have reason to doubt his judgement going forward.

There are many judgement calls in football. But if an official's judgement is so poor that the NFL can't trust his judgement going forward, finding someone with better judgement is their prerogative and their duty. They can't just chalk it up to "Oh well... it's judgement," and ignore it when it's this egregiously incorrect.