How come there has never been a retired referee as an announcer?

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

Has there ever been one?
I always thought that a ref could give a lot of remarkable insight into game.
Imagine Jerry Markbreit or someone like that in the booth giving color commentary.
I wonder if the NFL frowns on that sort of thing.

Well FOX does have Mike Perirea(sp?) as an on call personality. He offers some good insights but not really anything super fascinating.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Well FOX does have Mike Perirea(sp?) as an on call personality. He offers some good insights but not really anything super fascinating.

I was going to mention Mike Periera (sp?) too. I like him a lot more when he explains calls in the booth, I used to rag on him constantly for toe'ing the company line when he was VP of Officiating. When he was in the NFL offices he used to always backup his refs no matter how obviously bad a call looked, and I assume it's probably because he wanted to show a united front even if he was chastising refs behind closed doors. I just feel like he's a lot more open now that he's in the booth, for instance you never would've heard him trashing Vick when he was in the league office.

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by mooby

I was going to mention Mike Periera (sp?) too. I like him a lot more when he explains calls in the booth, I used to rag on him constantly for toe'ing the company line when he was VP of Officiating. When he was in the NFL offices he used to always backup his refs no matter how obviously bad a call looked, and I assume it's probably because he wanted to show a united front even if he was chastising refs behind closed doors. I just feel like he's a lot more open now that he's in the booth, for instance you never would've heard him trashing Vick when he was in the league office.

Joining an organization seems to have a behavioral impact on the joiner, i.e Smoot defending ESPN. ()

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Well FOX does have Mike Perirea(sp?) as an on call personality. He offers some good insights but not really anything super fascinating.

Uh, Mike Periea. Or at least thats what I used to say. When he worked for NFLN he always seemed to take the refs side, now that he works for Fox I see him more willing to disagree with the calls.