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Originally Posted by suzzer99
I've been asking this forever. And who picks the crews? Is it 100% on Goodell's whim? Is it supposedly performance-based then random? (IE - which conference championship game gets which refs should be random). I've never seen an answer to this question anywhere.
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There are several articles googling "how does the NFL pick playoff refs", all saying the same basic stuff.. it's in the contract between the NFL and refs association, the general process and how it's performance based on calla missed throughout the season... and they lump refs into buckets of WC and the beyond, or no playoffs at all.
I've seen some info on how they do wait for match ups first, but no details on why... maybe they prefer if refs have reffed teams recently or have other parameters.