There won’t be scab referees. The NFL and the NFL Referees Association agreed to a new seven-year collective bargaining ...

PHOENIX – It’s still too early to bank on replacement refs returning to NFL fields this season as negotiations with the referees union remain stuck in the mud. Yet with neither side budging in talks ...

At one point, it looked like the NFL was going to have to use replacement officials for the 2026 season, which would have ...

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The NFL could open the 2026 season with replacement refs for the first time in 14 years. It can’t be worse than last time, ...

The Nfl has reportedly begun onboarding replacement officials in case their unionized referees are not available. The Athletic reported that teams were issued a memo by league officials Wednesday to ...

The NFL is moving forward with plans to begin hiring and training replacement officials in the next several weeks because negotiations with the referees’ union have been unsuccessful, two people with ...

The NFL might need replacement referees. NFLReplacementRefs2026 NFL prepares to hire replacement referees amid stalled negotiations with Referees Association. Replacement referees in 2012 were widely ...

The NFL's process of hiring replacement referees has reached another stage, according to a memo sent to teams. Several replacement officials have completed hiring steps including background checks and ...

The 2026 NFL season is still several months away, but the league already has a major storyline percolating ahead of it. The NFL and the NFL Referees Association (NFLRA) are in the midst of a labor ...