Close to the action!
by Dan Harris on Oct.17, 2010, under Insights
Without officials / referees, the sports that we love so much wouldn’t happen. They often take heat from fans and coaches for their calls. They have an incredibly tough job being they are right in the middle of the action. Unfortunately, sometimes they get too close to the action as this football referee experienced. Do you have any photos or stories of officials that got just a little too close to the action?
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October 17th, 2010 on 9:11 pm
I know I’ve been covering events where a ref was winded, hit hard, took a puck to shoulder, etc. but I have never caught it as a photograph. I think I have seen others submit those photos before but I have none.
Great capture, Dan!
October 19th, 2010 on 9:53 am
Mark Rebilas has a photo of such a play from this past weekend:
One of my favorite images of the game ended up being the below frame where a referee got in the way of a play and was knocked over. Note quarterback Mallett in background reacting to the ref interfering with the play.
http://markjrebilas.com/blog/?p=10164
October 19th, 2010 on 8:08 pm
Excellent shot. And the reaction of “hey what are you doing?” as opposed “to are you alright?”.
October 23rd, 2010 on 7:39 am
Great capture Dan!!