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Watch a high school football referee moves the ball closer to the sticks to give one team the first down.

If the NFL was hoping this would ease any skepticism from some of its fanbase, they were wrong.

Is this more common than we realize?

It happened at a church athletic facility, as adults and players joined in on hitting and kicking the referee who was rushed to a hospital for his injuries.

A state representative is in hot water after he attempted to pull down the pants of a high school basketball referee.

A photo of a college football referee is making its way around the internet today because he appears to be eating skittles in between plays.

According to reports, a youth football referee in Alabama has been banned from officiating games after video of him aggressively grabbing a player by the face-mask circulated online. The player's family wants a public apology for what the referee did during the eleven and twelve year olds' football game.

In a Benglas vs. Doplhins NFL game, the referee calling the game was forced to make one of the longest, and seemingly most impressive, calls I have ever seen.

Things got really ugly after a Texas high school football player was ejected from a game at Edinburg High School. The official took a blind-side hit from a player and is being evaluated for a concussion.

A few months ago, we mentioned the bill that was being pursued in Louisiana to protect referees of recreational sports.

After the Saints blown call in the NFC Championship, there seems to be several changes taking place.

Another high school football player may be in trouble after he was caught on camera shoving a referee during a game last weekend.

Louisiana legislator Cameron Henry, R-Metairie, has proposed a bill that would mean stiffer penalties for fans and parents that assault and abuse officials at sporting events.

Two football players that are on the West Mary High School team were arrested this week after an investigation by the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office.

This is one of the most disturbing videos I have seen in quiet some time. Watch as a youth referee walks off the field and is then "sucker punched" by a disgruntled "coach."

The NFL and and the NFL Referees Association have agreed to a contract that will send referees back to the field this weekend, according to NFL.com. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement that the the refs will be back on the field starting with Thursday night's game between the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens...

The National Football League will open its 2012 regular season next week with replacement officials, the league announced on Wednesday afternoon.

As we now rapidly approach the 2011 NFL Football Season, many are celebrating that their favorite team and/or players are about to return the gridiron. But what about those we rarely notice on the field? Those like the chain-gang, camera crew, and even the referees. While many with the stripes often on go unnoticed on the field, one man rarely does...Referee Ed Hochuli.

Referee Manfred Küchle stopped a WBO super-middleweight title fight between Robert Stieglitz and Khoren Gevor in 10th round after he ruled that Gevor had intentionally head-butted Stieglitz, opening a gash above his right eye. Gevor was disqualified for his illegal move, which didn't sit well the Armenian-German, who tracked Küchler down in the corner of the ring after the match was declared and b