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Interesting read(a little long)..

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story...histles-inexperience

Referencing some new officials from the college ranks:

"There's 22 guys like that on an NFL field. In college, maybe there are five or six. These new officials have never seen this kind of speed. I'm sure they were all very good college officials, but it's a huge jump, and they're literally being thrown into the fire. They have had no chance to get their feet wet." "

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Ugh.
This smacks of the so-called replacement refs, and I'm not going to open that wound back up. 
In addition, the section about the illegal contact smacks of the hideous RTP calls from just a couple of seasons ago. I'm all for the rule being enforced, but it's the interpretations of the play where the snafus will occur.

Clarity for illegal contact

... The NFL has instructed officials on a new interpretation of illegal contact that could spur an elevated number of flags early in the season. Illegal contact fouls, long a point of contention between coaches and the officiating department, dropped by about 25% in 2019 compared to 2018. Based on his conversations within the community, Parry said the 2020 interpretation will be more literal.

"The rule basically says that you cannot contact a receiver beyond five yards unless you're protecting yourself from the impeding contact that the receiver creates," Parry said. "So if a receiver is running free and not going into a defender, and the receiver is beyond five yards, the defender cannot step toward that receiver and touch or contact the receiver. In years past, we were taught that we wanted to see force. We want to see a redirection of the route based on the force. This year, as it has been presented, it's contact. If you touch or contact the receiver beyond five yards as it stands today, they want that to be called."

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