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NSFL Referee Interview - White Cornerback - 06-15-2017
What is the toughest job in football? Quarterback? Linebacker? Safety? Head Coach? General Manager? Owner? Wrong, wrong and wrong again, it's the referee. No other position in the NSFL is under half the amount of scrutiny as the NSFL referees, (well maybe the Wraiths HC following his decision to go for it on 4th down instead of kicking a FG to send it to overtime). Let me throw out some stats for you. In week 1 , we had 39 penalties which resulted in 304 penalty yards for teams across three games. This averages out at 13 penalties a game and 101.3 yards given as a result. Roughly there is a penalty every 277 seconds (roughly a penalty every 4.61 minutes). In week two we had remarkably also 39 penalties but this time resulted in 470 penalty yards. A minority fan base is upset, claiming that we already lose too much game time to advertisements, timeouts and interruptions that maybe these games are being refereed too harshly. This week we managed to sit down with NSFL Head Referee Jerry Brown to discuss the situation and find out more.
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[/div][div align=\\\"center\\\"] Jerry Brown refereeing the week 2 matchup between the Yellowknife Wraiths and the Colorado Yeti[/div]
Hello Mr Brown we're glad you could fit us into your busy schedule, without further ado let's get this interview started.
Q1: Firstly Jerry, some fans are eager to know if you actually like calling penalties on their favourite team and making their lives miserable. Is this true?
JB: Actually quite the opposite, my ideal game would run smoothly with little to no infractions and contain as little referee input as possible. Next question.
Q2: What are your thoughts on stoppages midgame such as in between touchdowns and extra points?
JB: I share the same views as any die hard NSFL fan, obviously it would be great if play ran seamless without interruptions, but without stoppages media and revenue would suffer.
Q3: In week 1, we saw 39 penalties be called, will this be the norm for the rest of season 1?
JB: I'll admit that, the opening week we may have been caught off guard by the physicality of the league in it's inaugural season. In the future we hope to learn from our mistakes and provide better refereeing calls in future games.
Q4: Finally, we've heard reports that the league may attempt to clamp down on excessive celebrations/use of props. Can you provide any information on this subject?
JB: Any information mentioned is pure speculation, I cannot provide an answer to this question.
This concludes our interview with Jerry Brown, Head Referee of the NSFL.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]440 WORDS - $750,000 BONUS[/div]
NSFL Referee Interview - dropbear - 06-15-2017
(06-16-2017, 01:49 AM)Dermot Wrote:Q4: Finally, we've heard reports that the league may attempt to clamp down on excessive celebrations/use of props. Can you provide any information on this subject?
This isn't gonna be good for my 'pull out a frying pan and pretend to flip pancakes' routine.
Great article man! The zebras need to get some love too :lol:
NSFL Referee Interview - timeconsumer - 06-15-2017
(06-15-2017, 12:09 PM)BenLongshaw Wrote:This isn't gonna be good for my 'pull out a frying pan and pretend to flip pancakes' routine.
*sadly puts his bowl and whisk back in his locker*
NSFL Referee Interview - dropbear - 06-15-2017
(06-16-2017, 02:11 AM)timeconsumer Wrote:*sadly puts his bowl and whisk back in his locker*
If I don't get to pour maple syrup on a defender, is it even worth being a professional football player?
NSFL Referee Interview - White Cornerback - 06-15-2017
(06-15-2017, 03:09 PM)BenLongshaw Wrote:This isn't gonna be good for my 'pull out a frying pan and pretend to flip pancakes' routine.I hope it doesen't come to that , truly dark days !
Great article man! The zebras need to get some love too :lol:
Believe it or not this was the toughest article to write in terms of writers block, I musta retyped it out about 8 times and I still could only get 440 words!
NSFL Referee Interview - dropbear - 06-15-2017
(06-16-2017, 02:17 AM)Dermot Wrote:I hope it doesen't come to that , truly dark days !
Believe it or not this was the toughest article to write in terms of writers block, I musta retyped it out about 8 times and I still could only get 440 words!
There's some days where it's just like that hey. I spend a lot of my time at work when I'm doing mindless tasks just thinking about articles, so thankfully when I get the chance to write, it's been pent up so long that it comes pouring out
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NSFL Referee Interview - adam2552 - 06-15-2017
This was a tough one, very well executed though. Great work as always Dermot.
NSFL Referee Interview - White Cornerback - 06-15-2017
(06-15-2017, 03:53 PM)adam2552 Wrote:This was a tough one, very well executed though. Great work as always Dermot.Cheers buddy !