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Richard Sherman?s Four Ways to Fix NFL Officiating

And the one thing he says you should always remember

Robert Beck for Sports Illustrated/The MMQB

In July 2013, the summer after the referee lockout, I invited one of the replacement officials, Lance Easley, to umpire my charity softball game in Seattle.

You’ll remember him as the official who signaled touchdown in the infamous Fail Mary game on Monday Night Football, giving us the win over Green Bay and, ultimately, applying enough pressure on the NFL to bring back the regular officials four weeks into the 2012 season.

Our conversation at the charity event inevitably turned to that Monday night game, and Easley told me about the endless harassment he received afterward from Packers fans, including hate mail and death threats.