准备斑马：NFL官员如何为超级碗做好准备

为超级碗做准备是对球员的旋风，在管理美国最大的体育赛事的混乱的同时学习游戏录像带和战略倾向，而黑白条纹的人们也是如此。

The NFL selects the seven-member officiating crew for the Super Bowl based on their performance during the regular season, when every call is graded. Fifteen-year veteran Ron Torbert will serve as the lead official, or referee, his second Super Bowl assignment.

NFL根据常规赛的表现，在每个电话分级时，选择了七名成员的主持人为超级碗选拔。 15年的老将罗恩·托伯特（Ron Torbert）将担任他的第二任超级碗任务的首席官员或裁判。

Before taking the field, the crew will spend hours on Saturday watching plays, reviewing rules and studying film of the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, retired officials said.

退休官员说，在参加比赛之前，工作人员将在周六花费数小时观看戏剧，审查规则和研究堪萨斯城酋长和费城老鹰队的电影。

“I want to look at down, distance and formation, and see what they do,” Jeff Rice, a retired official who worked four Super Bowls, including one as an alternate, told Reuters. “Do they favor the strong side? Do they do counter plays? What are their blocking techniques?”

“我想看下来，距离和阵型，看看他们在做什么。”退休的官员杰夫·赖斯（Jeff Rice）在四个超级碗中工作，其中包括一个替代人，他告诉路透社。 “他们喜欢强大的一面吗？他们做反戏吗？他们的阻塞技术是什么？”

Along the way, there will be armchair experts at home judging their every move.

一路上，判断他们的一举一动，在家中将有扶手椅专家。

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Scott Green, the executive director of the referees’ union, both rejected the notion that the two-time defending champion Kansas City Chiefs receive preferential treatment.

NFL专员罗杰·古德尔（Roger Goodell）和裁判联盟执行董事斯科特·格林（Scott Green）都拒绝了两次卫冕冠军堪萨斯城酋长获得优惠待遇的观念。

Officials need to coordinate seamlessly during the game. On every play, each official is responsible for different players and areas of the field, and the assignments can switch depending on how the offense lines up – and how the play unfolds.

官员们需要在比赛中无缝协调。在每场比赛中，每位官员都负责该领域的不同球员和领域，并且作业可以根据进攻的方式进行切换，以及比赛的发展方式。

Unlike during the regular season, when officiating crews work together all year, Sunday’s officials are pulled from various groups and have a short time to learn each other’s styles, from nonverbal signals to field positioning.

与常规赛不同的是，当主持人全年一起工作时，周日的官员被从各个小组中撤出，并且有很短的时间来学习彼此的风格，从非语言信号到现场定位。

“There are idiosyncrasies that become second nature when you work with the same crew every week,” said retired official Mike Carey, who served as referee in Super Bowl XLII in 2008, when the New York Giants upset the undefeated New England Patriots.

退休的官员迈克·凯里（Mike Carey）说：“当您每周与同一名工作人员一起工作时，就会有些特质成为第二天性。

The officials also use film to focus in on individual players, though they need to be careful not to allow that to influence what they see on the field.

官员们还使用电影专注于个别玩家，尽管他们需要小心，不要让它影响他们在场上看到的东西。

“There’s a big difference between anticipating what’s going to happen and assuming what’s going to happen,” Carey said.

凯里说：“预期将会发生的事情和假设将会发生什么之间有很大的区别。”

Officials want to be ready for an exotic formation, or a trick play, that might be difficult to call. To that end, the referee will typically meet before the game with the head coaches, who may even diagram an unusual play to make sure they don’t trigger a penalty flag in the moment.

官员们希望准备好进行异国情调的形成或戏法，这可能很难打电话。为此，裁判通常会在比赛前与总教练见面，他们甚至可能会绘制不寻常的比赛，以确保他们目前不会触发点球标志。

In 2010, the New Orleans Saints famously shocked the world – and their opponents, the Indianapolis Colts – by starting the second half with an unexpected onside kick that they recovered, turning the tide of the game.

2010年，新奥尔良圣徒队以他们恢复的意外踢球开始，震惊了世界及其对手印第安纳波利斯小马队，并扭转了比赛的潮流。

One person who was not entirely surprised? Green, the game’s referee, who said he had heard from Saints coach Sean Payton beforehand that the team might use an onside kick at some point.

一个并不完全惊讶的人？格林（Green）是比赛的裁判，他说他已经从圣徒队教练肖恩·佩顿（Sean Payton）手中听说，球队可能会在某个时候使用阵容。

Unlike in regular season matchups, the referee has to attend a dress rehearsal for the Super Bowl coin toss, a televised moment that usually includes luminaries on the field.

与常规赛的比赛不同，裁判必须参加超级碗硬币抛弃的礼服彩排，这是电视转播的时刻，通常包括球场上的Luminaries。

There are around 120 balls ready for use, and the officials aim to replace the ball on every play if possible, building a pile of souvenirs for corporate donors and other VIPs, Rice said.

赖斯说，大约有120个球可以使用，官员的目标是在每场比赛中更换球，为公司捐助者和其他贵宾建造一堆纪念品。

The seven alternates help as well, retired officials said. For instance, one will be assigned to shadow each head coach, so that any questions – or, perhaps, profanity-laced complaints – can be relayed via headset to the referee without delay.

退休官员说，这七个交替的帮助。例如，将把一个人分配给每个主教练，以便可以通过耳机毫不拖延地将任何问题（或者也许是亵渎性的抱怨）传递给裁判。

Like the players, officials’ goal every year is to make it to the Super Bowl. The crew receives Super Bowl rings to commemorate their inclusion.

像球员一样，官员每年的目标是进入超级碗。船员接收超级碗戒指以纪念他们的纳入。

Rice, whose father officiated in two Super Bowls, recalled getting choked up when he called to tell him the news.

赖斯（Rice）的父亲在两个超级碗比赛中主持了仪式，他回忆起他打电话告诉他这个消息时被cho住了。

“It’s a completely life-changing event,” Carey said. “It’s a humbling experience – a thrilling experience – but you just start reflecting on all those things that helped you get there.”

凯里说：“这是一次完全改变人生的事件。” “这是一次令人沮丧的经历 - 一种激动人心的经历 - 但是您只是开始反思所有帮助您到达那里的事情。”

(Reporting by Joseph Ax; Editing by Alistair Bell)

（约瑟夫·阿克斯的报道；阿利斯泰尔·贝尔的编辑）