NFL Referee (Officials) Assignments: Week 2 - Las Vegas at Buffalo (9/17/2023): Craig Wrolstad

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https://www.footballzebras.com/2023/06/officiating-crews-for-the-2023-season/

 

 

Position - No. - Name  - 2022 crew - Yrs. Exp. - College - Occupation

 

Referee - 4 - Craig Wrolstad - n/a - 22 years - Washington - Athletic Director

Umpire - 54 - Steve Woods - 7 - same - Wabash - Financial Advisor

Down Judge - 48 - Jim Mello - 20 - same - Northeastern - Facilities Manager

Line Judge - 37 - Tripp Sutter - 5 - same - Nebraska - Biopharmaceutical Rep

Field Judge - 60 - Jeff Shears 2 - same - Denver - Professor

Side Judge - 132 - Frank Steratore, Jr. - n/a - rookie - unknown - Sales, Sanitary Supplies Company

Back Judge - 27 -Grantis Bell - 4 - same - West Virginia - School Counselor

Replay Official - Kevin Stine - 6 - same - Alabama-Birmingham - Regional Sales Manager

Replay Assistant - Gavin Anderson - 5 - same - Green River - Police Officer

 

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Rams-Seahawks refs under heavy scrutiny: ‘Worst officiated game of the year’

Adam Schefter, ESPN Senior Writer - Jan 13, 2023, 10:36 PM ET

 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35441956/nfl-officiating-scrutiny-seahawks-rams-controversy

 

"After multiple controversial officiating decisions in Sunday's playoff-shaping game between the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks, multiple executives and coaches said the NFL needs to reevaluate how it chooses and trains its officiating staff for future seasons.

 

Those same executives and coaches said game officials and the league missed multiple calls that helped key the Seahawks' overtime victory over the Rams that sent Seattle to Saturday's wild-card round and prevented the Detroit Lions from reaching the playoffs.

 

Even the NFL's competition committee is aware of what one source described to ESPN "as the worst officiated game of the year.

 

[...]

 

“The Lions should be livid,” an unnamed source said, per the report. “It was an awful way for them to end their season.”

 

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[Note: Craig Wrolstad served as the referee for the game.]

 

Edited September 12, 2023 by chongli

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Haha, thanks. Still, I'm no Yolo or no way near the top posters, but I guess certain things interest me.

Keep it up, appreciate ya

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More info on our rookie Side Judge Frank Steratore, Jr.:

 

He is the cousin of Gene and Tony Steratore (both NFL officials) who are the co-owners of Steratore Sanitary Supply. Frank is in sales there.

 

http://www.steratoresanitary.com/about-us.html

 

 

He was an official in the USFL for four years and also in the Big 10. He has been in the NFL's Mackie Development Program for seven years.

 

https://www.footballzebras.com/2023/04/nfl-hires-12-new-officials-some-familiar-names-join-the-league/

 

"The NFL has hired 12 new officials for the 2023 season. All officials are working in the XFL or USFL this spring and have been in the NFL Mackie Development Program for at least one season. 

 

The Big 12 and SEC lead the list with 4 hires each, the Big Ten has 2, and the ACC and Pac-12 have 1 each. The officials that have been hired are shown below with the number of seasons they were in the NFL’s development program; the number of seasons worked in any iteration of the AAF, USFL, and XFL; their current conference and this spring’s league; and any bowl game, conference championship game, or college invitational game they worked this past year."

 

 

Edited September 13, 2023 by chongli