You remember Brian Stropolo. He’s the replacement official that had to be replaced himself in Week 2 just prior to his scheduled to officiating gig – the New Orleans Saints vs. Carolina Panthers game at Bank America Stadium. The problem of course was that Stropolo was a die-hard Saints fan and had pictures of himself plastered all over Facebook in Saints apparel. Not exactly the type of neutral person the league was looking for to officiate the game…

Stropolo, a side judge who worked the Week 1 NFL opener, a nationally televised game between the Dallas Cowboys and the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants is now without an officiating gig on Sunday’s and left to root for his lowly Saints. Adding insult to injury, at 0-3 the Saints pretty much suck as much as he and his fellow replacement officials did. In an exclusive interview with RotoExperts, Stropolo eloquently explained how he was screwed; twice.

“They asked me to do them a favor and help them out. I went out there on nationwide TV to do a job and I became a national joke. Then in week two they brought me more unwanted public attention by pulling me from the game just before kick-off making me seem like some kind of football groupie. You think regular officials didn’t grow up rooting for a team? You think their children walk around in referee jerseys or player jerseys? What did I do to deserve this public ridicule? Now I’m not getting paid, and on top of that the team I root for is 0-3 and about to play the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field; a team that just got f..ked by a bad call from a fellow replacement official. How do you think the Packers are going to come out? The Saints have no shot. How many different ways can a guy get screwed. This is like taking it with no Vaseline!”

Don’t worry Brian, just 13 more games and you get your head coach back…