[BlackOp]

NFL officials have to sign a confidentiality agreement and are subject to gag orders if they talk publicly about their jobs.

In my experience, confidentiality agreements only exist to serve as a firewall to protect sensitive internal information and financial damage.

What could be so sensitive about fairly officiating a NFL game? It seems like a pretty extreme measure to take...unless there is obviously something they deem that would be financially "damaging" if it were public knowledge.

The writing in on the wall...if you choose to ignore it, it's your choice.

Also, by creating the stupid "all-star" crew...the NFL is inadvertently admitting that some refs aren't as good as others? It was a deliberate move to sway the game...then have a contingency to apologize and say they made a mistake and will stick with the original crews. It had a built in alibi from the conception...and nobody from that crew will be held accountable.