And there was a scandal in which English referee Peter Rhodes was quoted by the press that he had be. Detroit, Miami, Charlotte and Dallas made the playoffs last season, and didn’t qualify this season. Marshawn Lynch applies to trademark 'I'm just here so I won't get fined' Read more“We’ve had dialogue about it,” Schneider told KIRO-AM. Rooney also served as the US ambassador to Ireland from 2009-2012, becoming the first ambassador from the US to visit each of Ireland’s 32 counties.