NFL referee faces 112-mile dash on double-duty Sunday after FAA ground stop
Summary
An FAA nationwide flight ground stop on Friday disrupted travel for sports teams and officials ahead of weekend games. NFL referee Don Willard is scheduled to officiate a Miami-Indianapolis game and then travel 112 miles to work Pittsburgh-Cincinnati on Sunday night.Key Facts
- The FAA grounded flights nationwide for several hours on Friday.
- Don Willard is scheduled to officiate Miami against Indianapolis at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday.
- Willard is then scheduled to travel 112 miles east to officiate Pittsburgh against Cincinnati on Sunday night.
- The Mississippi-Oklahoma college football game was moved to Sunday, with kickoff set for 1 p.m. ET.
- Utah-Arizona and Arizona State-Central Florida college football games were each delayed by three hours.
- Southern California’s women’s basketball team stayed in Los Angeles overnight after its flight was interrupted by the ground stop.
- Fairleigh Dickinson’s women’s basketball team planned a 10-hour bus trip to Ohio State on Saturday.
- The FAA disruption led the NBA to change several refereeing assignments for Saturday games.
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