- Ron Winter
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website =Ronald J. "Ron" Winter, formerly of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA ), is a currentAmerican football official in theNational Football League (NFL ).Winter has officiated in the NFL since the
1995 season; he wears uniform number 14 (previously #82, 1995-1997). Winter's2006 NFL officiating crew consisted ofRoy Ellison ,Tom Stabile ,Tom Stephan ,Bill Lovett , John Parry, andJim Howey .Personal
Outside of his NFL officiating duties, Winter is a professor at
Western Michigan University inKalamazoo, Michigan .Officiating career
NFL career
He entered the NFL as a line judge in
1995 , and later was promoted to referee in1998 .2003 NFL playoffs
In his first playoff assignment as a referee, Winter and his officiating crew were involved in a controversial finish to a
New York Giants andSan Francisco 49ers playedJanuary 5 2003 . Officials apparently forgot that New York'sRich Seubert , a guard who had lined up legally in a receiver's spot, was an eligible receiver.Seubert was grabbed and pulled down by
Chike Okeafor on a botched field goal attempt while going downfield to receive a pass. The back judge, Scott Green was the downfield official, thus this was his play to cover, but he had to scramble from the goalpost to get into position to cover the play. Green, not knowing that Seubert was eligible, did not throw a flag to signify the penalty. Instead, the Giants were called for having an ineligible man downfield on the play (guard Tam Hopkins, who had crossed the line of scrimmage during the play).Commissioner
Paul Tagliabue described the situation as the most disappointing officiating blunder he'd seen in his years as NFL commissioner [cite web | first=Peter | last=King | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_online/scorecard/news/2003/01/14/sc/ | title=They're Only Human | publisher=SI.com | date=2003-01-14 | accessdate=2006-08-29] and announced that officiating mechanics surrounding field-goal attempts and last plays of games would be changed [cite web | first=Paul | last=Attner | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_3_227/ai_96555190 | title=Taking the fall for one bad call - NFL: insider - football officiating mistake | publisher="The Sporting News " | date=2003-01-20 | accessdate=2006-08-29] .References
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