NFL ref Corrente fined for obscenities during a game

Getty Images: File. IMAGE: Referee Tony Corrente #99 calls for a timout at Reliant Stadium on October 21, 2012 in Houston, Texas.

11/16/12

During a game between the Indianapolis Colts and the Miami Dolphins, NFL referee Tony Corrente was heard by the crowd using "inappropriate" language.

NEW YORK — Referee Tony Corrente has been fined one game check by the NFL for uttering some obscenities with his microphone on during a Nov. 4 game in Indianapolis between the Colts and Miami Dolphins.

The fine was issued Friday by NFL officiating director Carl Johnson.

A referee of Corrente's experience earns approximately $9,000 a game.

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In the fourth quarter of the game, Corrente inadvertently left his microphone open during a conference with members of the officiating crew. During that conference, Corrente used obscenities that were heard by the crowd and the CBS television audience.

Johnson says the conduct "is inappropriate for a game official."

Corrente has apologized to the Colts organization.

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