Sports
Ethan Sturm | Rules of the Game
September 18We are two weeks into the NFL season, and the replacement referee experiment has already been a disaster. Now, to clarify, I've been defending the referees left and right. I have a lot of experience officiating sports, and when you have to make a sudden jump to a higher level of play, going from calling 60 mph fastballs in a loose little league strike zone to 85 mph fastballs in a tight big league zone, it's jarring. And remember, these guys didn't make the jump from Div. I college football - the second highest level of competition in the land - to the pros; they all came from semi?pro leagues.
