Unlike the NBA, the NFL is proactive when it comes to officiating

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FOXSports.com has learned that the league is having a conference call Friday for every member of every officiating team. The purpose of the call is twofold, according to one officiating source — to serve as pep talk, but also to clean up mistakes by the officials.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/NFL-referee-conference-call-officiating-102810

[Chris]

I would phrase this differently.  I would say: "Unlike the NBA, the NFL is proactive, when it comes to publicizing the overseeing of officials"

Just because we cannot see how the NBA deals with officials does not mean its not happening.  And I would argue that if they were more public with these things, it would hurt the NBA product, because it would bring even more attention towards the refs than there already is. 

[fairweatherfan]

I'm pretty sure the NBA refs get direct feedback from the league office following every game, including a list of calls the league believes were mistaken.  Here's a quote from a TrueHoop article:

There were two apparently conflicting viewpoints. Bernie Fryer talked about the many reviews that occur of every game. The in-arena observer does a report noting all the bad calls. The referees themselves do a report based on their own video analysis. And people in the league office do their own review. The three feed into a referee's accuracy score, which, Fryer says, affects things like lucrative crew chief and playoff assignments. Fryer said that was why referees wouldn't do a "makeup call" after a bad call -- two bad calls kill your accuracy score!

Really interesting article, available here


The NFL can do more formal meetings like this because of more downtime between games, but the policy seems pretty consistent between the two leagues.

[pearljammer10]

Can we stop complaining about officials and just start enjoying the games and players for what they do... Not pointing out the OP on this thread, I am just stating the overall, this board has been all about "bad calls" "home court time keepers" how bad David Stern is"... Just negative nonsense. no one has anything to say about the good and positive points the Celtics have come to encounter this year so far?  

[Donoghus]

I really wish the NFL would change the ridiculous pass interference penalty.  Use the college rules.