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There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment comes into play.

I would say the referees have the toughest game to call. I would say that there's a lot of officiating done by announcers, local announcers. Sometimes you should listen to a game from both feeds, and you'd think you were listening to completely different games.

The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.

The human element should be the two players on the court, not the officials. The best officials are the ones you never notice. The nature of the game made officials too noticeable a part.

I think the officials and NFL owners are playing to the type of game that people want to see.

I don't know that the referee can be watching holding on the offensive line and get back to the quarterback. I think watching the quarterback is a full-time job.

Trouble is, we call politics a game, but it isn't one. There is no referee, and the teams make up the rules as they go along. You can't cry foul or offside in politics. Almost anything goes.

You don't notice the referee during the game unless he makes a bad call.

When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.

The referee will now keep track of the time on the field and the shootouts have finally been banned.