SUMMARY
- Brad Allen, a football referee for the NFL since 2014, The uniform number 122, has caught himself in many controversial situations.
- Before his NFL career, Brad Allen refereed the 2007 Motor City Bowl and the 2009 International Bowl.
In the NFL and all other games and leagues referees play the most vital role of providing unpolarized judgment so that the best team wins. Brad Allen is a football referee and his association with the NFL dates back to 2014. The uniform number 122, has been entangled in many fiery and incandescent controversies. This has made him hit the headlines quite often.
Before his NFL career, Brad Allen was also the referee in the Motor City Bowl 2007. He also had experience in officiating at the 2009 International Bowl. In the 2012 Rose Bowl and 2014 Sugar Bowl, he was again chosen as the referee. Later he became the highest-paid referee in NFL history.
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In the NFL, Brad Allen was initially posted as an umpire. But with Mike Carey’s retirement announced, he was honored the referee position. Allen was immensely fortunate, as this does not happen in the NFL. No officiator gets promoted to a referee in their first year. Allen is an executive director of the N.C. Senior Games. He is also the supervisor at the Southern Officials Association.
Brad Allen receives a salary of around $250,000 to $300,000 a year. In addition to his base pay, he also gets extra pay for working Super Bowl games and playoffs. As his career as a referee is concerned he has seen both the best and worst of times. He has entwined himself with many controversies. The recent one includes where he penalized Taylor Decker.
All you need to know about the background of the controversial referee Brad Allen
Brad Allen has his roots in Lumberton, North Carolina. He has graduated from the Pembroke State University. Allen had started his career way back at high school football games. Later he switched to the ACC level. Brad Allen is married to Jaclyn Smith and is a father to one, son Gaston Richmond.
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Jaclyn Smith is a former actress who is widely known for her roles in the television series, Charlie’s Angels and Kelly Garrett. She also runs a successful business and is known to make generous charity. Gaston Richmond, their son is an aspiring law student and studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Brad Allen is considered a very private person.
Controversies in which Brad Allen got entangled
Starting from Patrick Mahomes to now Taylor Decker, Brad Allen has picked bones with quite a few players. For a long time, Allen has been accused of late decisions. In Mahomes case, he got hit out of bounds with about 65 seconds left to enter the game. To this Allen called a personal foul. Many fans were enraged and Allen inevitably had to confront the backlash.
Pool report with referee Brad Allen on controversial late decisions: pic.twitter.com/mBhwJiRL0H
— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) December 4, 2023
Recently, Allen has again become the star of news headlines. With his indelible and inaccurate judgment towards Detroit’s Taylor, he has completely changed the NFL 2023’s course. Brad Allen’s judgment on the Lions’ two-pointer has also not been received well. There has been clear evidence that Taylor did not miss reporting as a receiver to the referee and doesn’t deserve this fate.