Cumberland Kiwanis
Minutes of April 5, 2010
John Lucivansky
Speaker: John Lucivansky, National Football League
Official
Topic: Becoming a Successful NFL Game Official
Mr. Lucivansky traced his
path to becoming a regular NFL official.
John has lived in this area for some time and is currently a school
principal in New Richmond. Over
the years he gained extensive experience as a referee in several sports,
working his way up to the BigTen and bowl games such as the Fiesta Bowl and
Orange Bowl. Last year he was
picked to be a line judge by the NFL.
He then enumerated the
qualities that spell success in the NFL.
He stressed personal responsibility. Other qualities included finding good models to follow,
performance under adversity, teamwork, respect for authority and positive life
style. He ended with a quote: No one cares how much you know until
they know how much you care.
Several questions were asked
regarding his future prospects and the possibility of full time football
officials. John noted that many
officials are already in effect full time. There are 17 crews of officials in the NFL and John hopes to
continue with his present crew this fall.