According to ESPN, Mike Pereira is set to retire at the end of this season. The 59-year-old Pereira has been a very open and well-liked chief, and he’ll be returning to California with wife to enjoy his retirement. This decision was made during the previous off-season and had nothing to do with any of the controversies of this season.
No successor has yet been named.
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The Super Bowl refs sucked big time.
Mike will be missed.
Jan
Mike Pereira will retire @ the end of the 2009 Season. There was suppose to be someone mirroring him during the season. This has been scratched due to budget constraints.
Mike Pereira is an idiot for his backing of the call of the interception by Jason Taylor vs. the T.B. Buccaneers. The receiver was clearly down and he has the nerve to backup the idiotic review of the play. I will not be sorry to see this sorry official go!!!!
Good riddance. He’s been a shill for blown calls for a couple of years now.
I agree about Pereira.Don’t let the door hit u in the ass. I’m tired of listening to his babble on the NFL network. What a douche bag.
These referee’s blew two late calls that should have gone against Cardinals in playoff game with Green Bay Packers. Two non-calls, helmet to helmet , against, Berry, hitting Rodgers, and the next play facemask violation, gave game to Cardinals. Where, were the ref’s at the end of the game??????????? Good game, but non calls made me sick. Gary Eckhardt
Mike Pereira’s Replacement is Carl Johnson, former LJ.
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