Arena Football, RIP

[bisonlj]

Originally Posted by Welpe

Wow that's a shame. I wonder if the NFL will be drawing new officials almost exclusively from NCAA Divison I? Maybe they do already, I'm not really sure.

They do draw officials from D1 already. They just placed them in AFL if they were high on the candidate list. I don't think there were too many officials working AFL that weren't also working D1 or some level of college.

[Welpe]

That I knew but I know they were also using AFL as a training and evaluation ground for prospective NFL officials. Same as they used to with NFL Europe.

I am wondering if the NFL will almost exlusively be promoting officials directly from DI conferences.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Welpe

That I knew but I know they were also using AFL as a training and evaluation ground for prospective NFL officials. Same as they used to with NFL Europe.

I am wondering if the NFL will almost exlusively be promoting officials directly from DI conferences.

The NFL already picked guys up from the D1 level, but with the AFL and NFL Europe, they used these as training grounds for current and prospective NFL officials. The NFL will just have to use D1 as the only place to evaluate officials or pick guys form high school or lower level college ball.

Peace

[jaybird]

The NFL still has officials working in af2 as a training and evaluation step.

[HLin NC]

I really tried to watch it but ended up hating it. Its a shame NFL Europe was shut down.

[JugglingReferee]

I attended many games in Grand Rapids and loved the game! Sad to see it go.

[Texas Aggie]

Frankly, it wasn't missed this past year and won't be missed by many. Sorry for you guys that liked it.