NFL and Referees Association near contract ratification to avert work stoppage
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Updated · Fox News · May 7
NFL and Referees Association near contract ratification to avert work stoppage
14 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 7
The union could vote as early as Thursday evening on a deal for the 2026 regular season after weeks of progress in talks.
An agreement would prevent replacement officials from lower college levels and make moot a new remote-review backstop allowing New York to fix clear errors during any stoppage.
The dispute centred on pay, merit-based raises, training, accountability and playoff crew selection, after tensions in March gave way to more conciliatory signals from Commissioner Roger Goodell in April.
With one NFL crisis averted, will a government probe actually lower the soaring cost for fans to watch every game?
As AI officiating technology improves, could it make human referees—and their labor disputes—a thing of the past?