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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Get ready for some full-time NFL officials to start throwing yellow flags next year.Troy Vincent, the leagues vice president of football operations, told The Associated Press on Thursday that he expects the NFL to hire as many as 17 full-time officials this offseason.The additions are allowed under the collective bargaining agreement and would increase the size of officiating crews from seven to eight, Vincent said during a visit to Buffalo.This is a topic of discussion daily, he said, noting the league will need to consult with the NFL Referees Association.Vincent said, the league is already receiving input from coaches, general managers and owners. And, he said, hiring full-time officials and discussions to expand replay reviews top the agenda of the NFLs competition committee, which is scheduled to meet in February following the Super Bowl.Currently, NFL officiating crews are part-time staff and hold jobs outside of football.Vincent says full-time officials would allow the NFL to spend more time on training and consultation on a year-round basis.What has yet to be decided is where the additional official would line up on the field. One proposal is introducing a middle sideline judge to monitor interior defensive line penalties. Another is to oversee hits to the quarterback.Vincent said the league is studying the officiating model recently adopted by college footballs top conferences, which now have eight on-field officials. The Big 12 started the experiment by using eight in 2013, with other conferences following a year later.Last season, the NCAA approved the use of eight on-field officials for all levels of football in 2015.The NFLs collective bargaining agreement includes a clause allowing the league to hire no more than 17 game officials as full-time employees as of the 2013 season.Vincent said the league has used that time to study potential options to improve officiating, including through replays or adding administrative staff.Citing NFL statistics, Vincent noted the leagues current officials have an accuracy rate of more than 97 percent. Its only during those few occasions where a gaffe is magnified, he said, that they get so much attention.Vincent said the leagues full-time officials would not supersede the authority of the referee.---AP College Football Writer Ralph D. Russo contributed to this report.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Aaron Holiday Jersey .R. Smith realized how easily basketball can be taken from him, and he wasnt going to take his place in the NBA for granted anymore. Kenny Williams Jersey .Y. -- Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone has drawn on his Syracuse connections once again by hiring Rob Moore to take over as receivers coach. https://www.cheappacers.com/463k-don-buse-jersey-pacers.html . At a Manhattan federal court hearing, attorney Jordan Siev said his law office has gotten more evidence nearly every day to support its lawsuit accusing MLB and Selig of going on a "witch hunt" to ruin Rodriguezs reputation and career. He said the defendants went "way over the line. Jermaine ONeal Jersey . It was just business as usual for the Thunder at home. Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win. Justin Holiday Jersey . Reigning world champion Eve Muirhead of Scotland opened with a 12-2 rout of Winnipegs Jennifer Jones in a battle of teams bound for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. LONDON -- A dozen yachts have passed through Londons Tower Bridge after an 11-month race around the world.Thousands cheered Saturdays parade for all 12 ships competing in the 10th running of the 21-year-old event involving a privately owned fleet of identical 70-foot (21-meter) yachts.Competitors paid to participate in the 14-stage event that concluded Friday with a race from the Dutch port of Den Helder across the North Sea to Southend, England.All 12 yachts departed frrom docks near Tower Bridge in August 2015.ddddddddddddTheir ports of call included Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Sydney, Da Nang in Vietnam, Seattle, New York and Londonderry, Northern Ireland.Two sailors died in separate accidents along the way. They were the competitions first deaths.---Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, http://bit.ly/1E9qHTy ' ' '