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Jeff Seeman, Adrian Hill Suspended by NFL

Two NFL officials were benched Sunday for losing their cool with players, TMZ reports.

Two NFL officials just learned what happens when you treat players the way players usually treat them. The league suspended line judge Jeff Seeman and referee Adrian Hill for separate on-field confrontations on Sunday, TMZ reports.

Seeman got a two-game suspension after television cameras caught him screaming "F*** you!" twice at Cardinals tight end Trey McBride. McBride, who thought he'd been interfered with by a Giants player, pointed at the camera and laughed.

Hill received a one-game suspension for a different kind of meltdown. After Dolphins running back Ollie Gordon shoved Vikings linebacker Eric Wilson into him on a dead play, Hill was knocked over. Wilson tried to help him up. Hill instead jumped up, yelling and pointing until another official stepped in.

Both officials have been in the league for years. Seeman joined in 2002, Hill in 2010.

The NFL Players Association was quick to call for accountability. "This kind of behavior from an official towards a player is unacceptable. Players are consistently held accountable when roles are reversed. We expect the NFL to hold officials to the same standard," NFLPA Executive Director J.C. Tretter told TMZ.

For once, the striped shirts are the ones getting penalized. Feels like the plot of a reality show we'd watch.

  • Adrian Hill
  • Jeff Seeman
  • NFL
  • NFLPA
  • Trey McBride

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