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FILE - Referee Land Clark annouces a penalty during the second half of an NFL football game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Atlanta Falcons Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Glendale, Ariz.
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NFL and referees agree on a 7-year collective bargaining agreement, avoiding potential work stoppage
The NFL and the NFL Referees Association have agreed on a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement that avoids a potential work stoppage and use of replacement officials. The deal runs through the 2032 NFL season. The league began the onboarding process for replacement officials last month because negotiations weren’t progressing. But they won’t be necessary. A stalemate in 2012 resulted in a 110-day lockout and replacement referees were used.
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