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Despite making over $200,000 a year, many NFL referees still hold full-time jobs as attorneys, aerospace engineers, and college professors

Despite making over $200,000 a year, many NFL referees still hold full-time jobs as attorneys, aerospace engineers, and college professors

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From August to January, NFL officials travel weekly across the country—and sometimes abroad —to oversee some of the world’s most-watched sporting events. But when the final whistle blows, another job is often waiting for them the next morning. Many of the NFL’s 121 officials hold full-time jobs outside football: Clete Blakeman is a personal injury attorney in Nebraska, Brad Rogers is a senior lecturer at Texas Tech University’s business school, and Shawn Hochuli is a California-based financial advisor. The unusual career combinations recently went viral on social media . But these aren’t just side hustles to supplement their NFL paychecks.

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