From August to January, NFL officials travel weekly across the country—and sometimes abroad—to oversee some of the world’s most-watched sporting events. But when the final whistle blows, another job is often waiting for them the next morning.
Many of the NFL’s 121 officials hold full-time jobs outside football: Clete Blakeman is a personal injury attorney in Nebraska, Brad Rogers is a senior lecturer at Texas Tech University’s business school, and Shawn Hochuli is a California-based financial advisor. The unusual career combinations recently went viral on social media.
