Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-12-30 | Page 18 | PRO, Collegiate Grid Officiating Tie-Ups Banned

PRO COLLEGIATE GRID OFFICIATING UPS TIE-UPS BANNED NEW YORK Dec 30 INS INS INS- Beginning in 1941 football officials I daIs under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Athletic Athletic Ath Ath- letic association cannot officiate in both collegiate and and professional professional professional games according to a ruling ruling ruling rul- rul ing ing handed down by Asa Bushnell Bushnell Bush- Bush knell nell executive director Bushnell addressing the eastern eastern east east- em ern football officials at their ann annual an an- n nual al convention yesterday de declared declared de- de dared that officiating was too strenuous a job to work games gameson on both Saturdays and Sundays The ruling came on the heels of ofa a report that the National Professional Professional Professional Pro Pro- league was considering appointing a group of 22 officials to handle all league games