Apparently that has never happened before in the Super Bowl era. Based on the article linked, there must be something more to it than just missing a bad call in week 6. After that, he was no longer assigned to any games, and was fired today.
The article also states that typically refs are placed into three Tiers. Only after being in Tier 3 two years in a row are you at risk of being fired. So something else had to have happened. Or he never rose above Tier 3 since he started in 2015. Strange situation.
Wonder if the ref who called the holding penalty on Higdon was ever disciplined by the BiG. Sadly, I don't think we'll ever know.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25082276/nfl-fires-judge-hugo-cruz-effective-immediately
The article also states that typically refs are placed into three Tiers. Only after being in Tier 3 two years in a row are you at risk of being fired. So something else had to have happened. Or he never rose above Tier 3 since he started in 2015. Strange situation.
Wonder if the ref who called the holding penalty on Higdon was ever disciplined by the BiG. Sadly, I don't think we'll ever know.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25082276/nfl-fires-judge-hugo-cruz-effective-immediately
