Niners Nation · Jul 7, 2018
10 officials leave NFL, seven to replace them
NFL officiating has had quite the shakeup in 2018 with the many retirements of some longtime officials. Love him or hate him, official Ed Hochuli is calling it quits along with Gene Steratore, Terry McAulay, Jeff Triplette.
Pro Football reports, there are six other names to no longer done the zebra shirts on Sundays: Laird Hayes (side judge), Jon Lucivansky (field judge), Ron Marinucci (line judge), Jim Howey (line judge), Ed Walker (down judge), and Buddy Horton (field judge). The NFL is only filling seven of these 10 job openings.
Well, that’s strange. But forget the turnover, more concerning is new referees.
