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Was Powers fired by Drucker, or just pressured to retire?[edit]
The Wikipedia article prior to 3/25/09 noted that he was fired by the then Supervisor of Officials, Norm Drucker, "over two incidents that took place in 1978." I could find no unambiguous statement that he was fired, more that pressure was put on him to retire. The closest anything came was the New York Times article of 6/30/79, which juxtaposes Powers' retirement with the release of 10 referees (according to the piece, the number of referees per game had been increased in 1977-78 to three per game but, owing to costs (and against the desires of coaches and players), was being reduced to two again from 1979-80. This resulted in Drucker's dismissal of the "bottom 10 referees," which did not include Powers.Hariboa (talk) 19:01, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
My Aunt, Lucretia Ra, was my Uncle Richie’s (Powers) first wife. They were married Dec. 9th, 1962 in Brooklyn, NY till 1969 & had no children. 69.115.42.93 (talk) 19:03, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
