{"id":922184,"date":"2026-10-06T01:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/922184\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T01:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:38:13","slug":"nfl-suspends-referee-for-cursing-at-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/922184\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL suspends referee for cursing at player"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK — The NFL on Monday suspended a line judge two games for swearing at Arizona tight end Trey McBride.<\/p>\n

Line judge Jeff Seeman was caught on camera cursing at McBride during the Cardinals\u2019 loss at the New York Giants<\/a> on Sunday. The incident drew the ire of union leader JC Tretter, a retired offensive lineman who played eight seasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis kind of behavior from an official towards a player is unacceptable,\u201d Tretter, the NFL Players Association\u2019s executive director, said on social media along with a video clip of the incident. \u201cPlayers are consistently held accountable when the roles are reversed. We expect the NFL to hold officials to the same standard.\u201d<\/p>\n

The interaction took place with just under five minutes left after officials did not call a pass interference or illegal contact penalty on New York\u2019s Dru Phillips, who made contact with McBride before the ball arrived from Jacoby Brissett on a third-and-2 play.<\/p>\n

Arizona punted and the Giants went on to win 36-24<\/a> after Deonte Banks intercepted Brissett\u2019s pass and ran it back for a pick-6 as time expired.<\/p>\n

Referee Adrian Hill was also suspended for unprofessional conduct in the Miami-Minnesota game. Hill yelled at Eric Wilson<\/a> and pointed for him to get away after the Vikings linebacker tried to help him to his feet after a collision knocked him over.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just think it\u2019s one of those situations in kind of a high-energy moment there,” Minnesota coach Kevin O’Connell said Monday. “I think stuff like that can happen sometimes, but I don\u2019t have any major concerns, and I think Adrian\u2019s a really good official and does a really good job. I think that was just kind of fast moment that happened, and we can put it behind us, hopefully.\u201d<\/p>\n

The league’s vice president of officiating, Ramon George, issued the suspensions.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time an official has been punished for his interactions with a player on the field.<\/p>\n

Umpire Roy Ellison was punished twice for his behavior. In 2018, he was fined $9,300 and placed on administrative leave for one game after he was accused of calling Buffalo defensive end Jerry Hughes by a derogatory term.<\/p>\n

Ellison was also suspended for one game in 2013 for making \u201ca profane and derogatory statement\u201d to Washington left tackle Trent Williams.<\/p>\n

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Maaddi reported from Tampa, Florida.<\/p>\n

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AP Pro Football Writers Dave Campbell in Eagan, Minnesota, and Josh Dubow in San Francisco contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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See AP\u2019s full NFL coverage here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK — The NFL on Monday suspended a line judge two games for swearing at Arizona tight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":922185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,527,514,7740,82,20759],"class_list":["post-922184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-football","tag-sports","tag-sports-officiating"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=922184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/922185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}