The NFL is closing in on a labor deal with its referees and could avoid a potential disaster to start the 2026 season. The league is nearing a formal agreement with the NFL Referees Association, ...

The NFL and the NFL Referees Association have agreed to a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement, avoiding a work stoppage and the prospective use of replacement officials. The NFL and the ...

The NFL and their Referees Association reached a seven-year labor deal on Friday morning, putting to rest worries about a possible replacement referees situation for the 2026 season. The league put ...

The NFL and the NFL referees union have been in a standoff over a new collective bargaining agreement for months. It's gotten so bad that the league has started training replacement officials for the ...

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The NFL has avoided a worst-case scenario with its referees after a new collective bargaining agreement was approved Friday. The NFL Referees Association approved an agreement with the NFL on Friday ...