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<blockquote data-quote="FrankRizzo" data-source="post: 465907" data-attributes="member: 2232"><p>NFL replacement official Lance Easley was apparently deemed not capable of officiating at the Division 1 college football level, less alone the NFL, Jim Corbett of <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/story/2012/09/25/tutor-says-replacement-ref-who-called-td-not-ready-for-division-i/57842200/1" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">USA Today</span></u></a> reports.</p><p>Working as the side judge Monday night, the longtime Southern California high school and junior college official signaled the winning catch by receiver Golden Tate in the Seattle Seahawks' last-play, 14-12 win against the Green Bay Packers -- a call the world believes he blew by turning an obvious interception into a touchdown.</p><p>He wasn't deemed good enough to become a Division I college official this summer, according to Karl Richins and his staff of Division I college officials at Stars and Stripes Academy for Football Officials in Salt Lake City.</p><p>"I got to know Lance at a June academy I worked at in Reno and when he came to my academy in July," Richins said. "He's a very polite, good Christian gentleman, a good father to his son, Daniel, who was at my academy as well.</p><p>"But was Lance ready to work at the NFL level? Absolutely not."</p><p>Richins' staff determined that Easley, vice president of small business banking at Bank of America in Santa Maria, Calif., wasn't ready for Division I, the highest level of college officiating, never mind the much faster NFL game.</p><p>Richins said the biggest mistake Easley made was agreeing to become a replacement official in the first place. He said Easley had never officiated at a level higher than Division III and never voiced a desire to reach the NFL.</p><p>"I'm getting e-mails saying, 'Boy, you must be proud,'" Richins said on Tuesday. "This is not what we intended for our officiating students to do. We train officials to work at the Division I level.</p><p>"At no time do we say, 'We can train you for the NFL.' After three days at our academy, Lance was determined by our staff not to be ready for Division I officiating."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrankRizzo, post: 465907, member: 2232"] NFL replacement official Lance Easley was apparently deemed not capable of officiating at the Division 1 college football level, less alone the NFL, Jim Corbett of [URL='http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/story/2012/09/25/tutor-says-replacement-ref-who-called-td-not-ready-for-division-i/57842200/1'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]USA Today[/COLOR][/U][/URL] reports. Working as the side judge Monday night, the longtime Southern California high school and junior college official signaled the winning catch by receiver Golden Tate in the Seattle Seahawks' last-play, 14-12 win against the Green Bay Packers -- a call the world believes he blew by turning an obvious interception into a touchdown. He wasn't deemed good enough to become a Division I college official this summer, according to Karl Richins and his staff of Division I college officials at Stars and Stripes Academy for Football Officials in Salt Lake City. "I got to know Lance at a June academy I worked at in Reno and when he came to my academy in July," Richins said. "He's a very polite, good Christian gentleman, a good father to his son, Daniel, who was at my academy as well. "But was Lance ready to work at the NFL level? Absolutely not." Richins' staff determined that Easley, vice president of small business banking at Bank of America in Santa Maria, Calif., wasn't ready for Division I, the highest level of college officiating, never mind the much faster NFL game. Richins said the biggest mistake Easley made was agreeing to become a replacement official in the first place. He said Easley had never officiated at a level higher than Division III and never voiced a desire to reach the NFL. "I'm getting e-mails saying, 'Boy, you must be proud,'" Richins said on Tuesday. "This is not what we intended for our officiating students to do. We train officials to work at the Division I level. "At no time do we say, 'We can train you for the NFL.' After three days at our academy, Lance was determined by our staff not to be ready for Division I officiating." [/QUOTE]
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