Lost in Sunday’s report regarding the league’s decision to pull a Saints fan/replacement official from Sunday’s game between the Saints and the Panthers is the fact that the league didn’t pull an official from Week One’s Seahawks-Cardinals game who has more tangible ties to one of the teams involved.
According to Albert Breer of NFL Network, Jeff Sadorus worked as a field judge for the September 9 game between Seattle and Arizona, even though Sadorus has officiated Seahawks practice for three years -- getting paid by the Seahawks for doing so.
Breer’s ultimate employer -- the NFL -- declined comment. But the fact that either Sadorus didn’t disclose the connection or he did and the NFL didn’t see a problem with it should be cause for concern.