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Originally Posted by AndyC
A good friend of mine was an on field official in the NFL for 20 years. He now works for the NFL full-time off the field with a team that evaluates the performance of each official EVERY game.
To answer your question, no the officials are not spot hires. They pay their dues at lower levels usually starting in high school and then moving up to NCAA. To get to the NFL each official is scrutinized as though they were applying to the CIA. Their on-field and off-field performance must meet high standards. There are officials who get fired every year for shoddy on-field work.
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Which NFL refs were fired over the last 5 years (give me one per year starting in 2010) and what was the specific reason (game, call, etc) they were let go. And no the replacements don't count.
