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NFL owners to vote on adding in-booth official

FILE - In this March 26, 2018, file photo, Al Riveron, NFL senior vice president of officiating, answers a question from a reporter during a news conference announcing rules changes at the NFL owners meetings in Orlando, Fla. After the NFC championship game of the 2018 season, the NFL came up with was a one-year trial in which pass interference calls could be reviewed in the video replay system. On Thursday, May 28, 2020, barring a stunning turnaround, the rule will disappear. (Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP Images for NFL, File) Credit: AP/Phelan Ebenhack

NFL owners will decide Thursday whether to act on the recommendation of the league’s influential competition committee to add an official in a booth above the field to assist in determining whether penalties should be called in the event they are missed by on-field officials.