Referee Ed Hochuli Likes New NFL Rule Changes
by Bruce Raffel on Sep 1, 2011 6:00 AM EDT
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Well-known NFL referee Ed Hochuli was interviewed in a story posted on Sports Radio Interviewsabout the new rule changes over the past few years to protect the players and he thinks they have been "100% good things." Hochuli is as much known for showing off his huge "guns" in his short-sleeve zebra-striped uniform as he is for being one of the better officials in the NFL.
Asked about all the rule changes that have been enacted to protect defenseless players and he ademantly believes they have been done to protect defenseless players as the game has changed since he first entered the league as an official in 1990.
He specifically supports the new kickoff rule that changes the kickoff from the 30-yard line to the 35-yard line, resulting in many more touchbacks and lessening both the possibility of serious injuries as well as changing the effect that kick returners have on the outcome of games. The ability to check replays on any play will also improve the accuracy of the referees calls and take away more of the "human-error" factor that fans have seen in replays but the referees had not previously seen.
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I’m wondering if him “agreeing” with the rule changes is the right thing for him to do. I can hardly imagine it being professional for the league’s most visible official to be publicly at odds with the rules themselves.
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by jackmca on Sep 1, 2011 7:34 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Very likely. If Hochuli were to come out publicly and say the kickoff rule sucks, I’m sure there’d be a nice little envelope from Goodell’s office the next day, possible including a pink slip of paper…
The ability to check replays on any play will also improve the accuracy of the referees calls and take away more of the “human-error” factor that fans have seen in replays but the referees had not previously seen.
Yeah, cause that improvement in ref accuracy has been really evident this pre-season so far.
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by GrumpyOldBird on Sep 1, 2011 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Huh!
Spellchecker didn’t pick it up.
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by Bruce Raffel on Sep 2, 2011 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions
refs might like it. the kick off is the toughest play to officiate and full of penalties of which one is called..usually bringing the run back.
A lot less running
For the guys in zebra stripes on kickoffs now. Watching the old fat guys trying to run downfield as the play developed is always hilarious!
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by Bruce Raffel on Sep 2, 2011 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
i miss the star studded officiating crew we had at the infamous detroit game 5 or 6 years ago. that was like a WWF match and we were the no name russian wrestler.
Those penalties
were the worst calls collectively I ever seen. No question the refs lost control and hated us so they made bogus calls to show who was in charge.
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by Bruce Raffel on Sep 2, 2011 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
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