{"product_id":"9781465323743","title":"Offsides!: Fred Wyant's Provocative Look Inside the National Football League","description":"\u003cp\u003eShould owners and coaches allow players who perform on the field to abuse women, drugs and alcohol off the field?   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere are the role models in professional football today?   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do officials miss calls?  What calls do they miss most? Is instant replay the answer? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre the TV announcers always right? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy should the public pay to build stadiums for profit-minded owners? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre the NFL officials as experienced as they should be? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFred Wyant, who spent 19 of his 27 years as an official in the National Football League as a referee, answers these and other questions in \u003ci\u003eOffsides!\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Rene A. Henry interviewed Mike Ditka, Don Shula, Sam Huff, Lou Holtz, Peter Ueberroth, Johnny Unitas, Bart Starr, the late Tom Landry, Chuck Noll, Marv Levy, Kellen Winslow, owners Michael Brown and Dan Rooney and referees Jim Tunney and Red Cashion, and many other players, coaches and officials.  Their comments reinforce what Wyant has to say. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWyant also was the only referee in the NFL to also play quarterback in the league. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cover photograph of Vince Lombardi screaming at Wyant was taken by Wally McNamee and was picked as the \"Best of the Year\" by the White House News Press Photographers Association. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is filled with humorous anecdotes and also details the responsibility of each of the seven officials and how each member of the crew is challenged with more than 1,500 decisions in a game. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt also is G-rated with no profanity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175680458992,"sku":"9781465323743","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781465323743_p0.jpg?v=1763683311","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781465323743","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}