Scott Green (American football official)

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Scott Green is an American football official in the National Football League since the 1991 NFL season. He wears uniform number 19. He has officiated Super Bowls XXXVI in 2002 and XXXVIII in 2004. He is notable for being involved in a controversial game between the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers during the 2002-03 NFL Playoffs.

Personal

Outside of the NFL, Green is co-partner in a government relations firm that assists law enforcement agencies in suburban Washington, D.C. He has a wife, Julie, a son, Keil, and three daughters, Holly, Jen and Amanda.

Officiating career

Green started in the NFL as a field judge with the start of the before switching to back judge after the league swapped position titles at the start of the 1998 NFL season.

New York - San Francisco playoff game

Considered to be the top back judge in the league, Green was involved in a controversial finish to a New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers played January 5, 2003. Green and the officials apparently forgot that New York's Rich Seubert, a guard who had lined up legally in a receiver's spot, was an eligible receiver. Seubert appeared to be interfered by a San Francisco defender on a botched field goal attempt while going downfield to receive a pass. Since Green was the downfield official, this was his play to cover, but 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 illegal man downfield on 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] .

Promotion to referee

He became a referee on a part-time basis during the 2004 NFL season when referee Johnny Grier was injured. Green became a full time referee at the start of the 2005 NFL season. Green's first experience as an NFL referee came on October 3, 2004 during a game between the New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills.

Green's 2006 NFL officiating crew consists of Scott Dawson, Tony Veteri, Ron Marinucci, Boris Cheek, Larry Rose, and Lee Dyer.

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