NFL Official Set to Referee Two Games in Two Different States on the Same Day After FAA Ground Stop

First reported by Business Insider at Fri 3:17 PM · 10 outlets in all

1. EssentiallySports45mNFL Official Set to Referee Two Games in Two Different States on the Same Day After FAA Ground StopAn FAA ground stop just forced the NFL into an unprecedented move: assigning one official to referee two games in two different states on the same day. With thousands of flights canceled nationwide, the league tapped Don Willard to pull rare double duty on Sunday, something no NFL official is known to have done before.
2. NPR2hFAA ground stop disrupts college footballSome college football games were delayed a few hours on Saturday or postponed to Sunday. And in Oklahoma at least, there will be perks for fans to make up for the inconvenience, including cheap beers.
3. Yahoo Sports7hNFL official Don Willard to referee two games in Week 10NFL official Don Willard will referee two games on Sunday after FAA ground stops forced a schedule shuffle.
4. Fox News8hNFL official Don Willard will referee two games in one day after FAA ground stop disrupts travel, league saysNFL official Don Willard will referee two games in one day, driving 110 miles from Indianapolis to Cincinnati after the FAA ground stop hit Week 10.
5. Wired(subscription required)26hThe FAA Nationwide Ground Stop Is OverThe five-hour ordeal ended Friday evening. Planes will be allowed to fly again, but the effects of the stoppage will be felt throughout the weekend.
6. Mashable26hFAA nationwide ground stop: Why it happened, according to officialsCommunication outage cause by outdated systems and network updates, not the FAA's new SMART AI tool.
7. Business Insider(subscription required)26hCollege football games could be derailed by the FAA ground stopSome college football games are up in the air this weekend after the FAA's nationwide ground stop prevented teams from flying.
8. New York Times(subscription required)28hA Nationwide Ground StopAlso, Russia lays out its hard-line demands. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
9. The Register29hAll US flights grounded by FAASafety reasons and unspecified communications issue cited
10. The Hill30hFAA orders nationwide ground stopThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. flights, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed Friday. “The @FAANews [FAA] issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers,” Duffy wrote on the social platform X. “FAA technicians are investigating the…