The conspiracy about an NFL referee in support of the Kansas City Chiefs is one of the main conversation topics leading up to Super Bowl LIX.
Mike Pereira, a Fox Sports Rules analyst and former vice president of the NFL host, joined “Fox & Friends” on Friday to consider the discussion.
“I wonder what I'll say [NFL Commissioner] Roger Goodell said. I understand why I think the numbers are different.
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Fox Sports College and NFL rules expert Mike Pereira took place at the Fox Sports Media Party ahead of Super Bowl LIX. (Image from Stephen Lew-Immagn)
“Officers are only coming out to manage the game. They have to make a decision in 26th of a second. So they can decide who made the foul and what colour the team is. I don't have time to consider. I understand the concerns, but that really won't affect them this weekend's presidency.”
Pereira said the Chiefs are a great team and will teach players penalty prevention. There are fewer false starts and fewer penalties for that kind of thing that team is working to eliminate.
Pereira spoke about how the NFL team prepares their crew, but the preparations for the Super Bowl crew are a little different.
“This is different too, as the team is preparing the crew, but this isn't the crew, this is the All-Star crew. Lean,” Pereira said.
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NFL referee Ron Torbert during a Cincinnati Bengals game against the Los Angeles Rams at the Super Bowl LVI at Sophie Stadium. (Mark J. Rebilas-Usa Today Sports)
Ron Torbert will become the principal of Super Bowl LIX. He was also the lead umpire for Super LVI when the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals.
The judges are Mike Morton, Max Costy is Judge Down, Mark Stewart is Judge Line, Miall Robison is Field Judge, Boris Cheek the Side Judge, Back Judge Jonah Monroe and Kevin Brown. is the official of the replay.
Cheek is the only staff member with Super Bowl experience other than Tobert. He hosts the other three Super Bowls.
With so many judges in the NFL, Pereira said it's hard to expect accurate consistency across all calls.
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Judge Carl Ceffers has handed behind Kansas City Chiefs Square Back Patrick Mahomes (#15) in the first quarter of the AFC Championship Game between the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs on January 26, 2025. I've put it there. Kansas City, Missouri. (Scott Winters/Icon Sports Wire)
“Look, the parity of the number of fouls called this year is closer than I think I've ever seen. But you're different, you have 128 people, they judge the same You don't have. Tell them consistency or expect them to be consistent.”
There's one thing Pereira wants to see from big game officials.
“All I care about is that they call them in the fourth quarter, just like they call them the first quarter.”
That being said, Pereira said he didn't want to talk about it at all during the broadcast.
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“I hope you don't listen to me. I hope you don't see me! If I mutter the words, that means there's no controversy,” Pereira said.
The Kansas City chief will face the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl on Fox Sunday at 6:30pm ET, where the host will be closely monitored.
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