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NFL and referees avoid potential work stoppage by agreeing to 7-year CBA

Nbcwashington · · 268 words · By Rob Maaddi; The Associated Press
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“The NFL and the NFL Referees Association have agreed on a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that the NFL and NFLRA reached a seven-year collective bargaining agreement on May 8, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2012 NFL referee lockout was a labor dispute between the National Football League (NFL) and the NFL Referees Association (NFLRA) that resulted in the use of replacement officials through Week 3 of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_NFL_referee_lockout
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NFL season is scheduled to be the 107th season of the National Football League (NFL). The regular season is scheduled to begin on September 9, 2026, and will end on January 10, 2027. The play…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NFL_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the N…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League
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“The deal runs through the 2032 NFL season.”
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Web search results explicitly state that the new seven-year agreement will run through the 2032 NFL season.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2012 NFL referee lockout was a labor dispute between the National Football League (NFL) and the NFL Referees Association (NFLRA) that resulted in the use of replacement officials through Week 3 of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_NFL_referee_lockout
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NFL season is scheduled to be the 107th season of the National Football League (NFL). The regular season is scheduled to begin on September 9, 2026, and will end on January 10, 2027. The play…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NFL_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the N…
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“The league began the onboarding process for replacement officials last month”
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Multiple news sources (ESPN, NBC Sports, AOL) report that the NFL began the onboarding process for replacement officials as the CBA expiration approached.
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web search NEUTRAL — The NFL has started onboarding potential replacement officials as the expiration of its collective bargaining agreement with the NFL Referees Association approaches, clubs were informed Wednesday in a…
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48497778/memo-nfl-begins…
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web search NEUTRAL — Via Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, the league informed teams on Wednesday that the officiating staff has started “onboarding” potential replacement officials. Training sessions continue to be planned f…
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/new…
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web search NEUTRAL — The NFL has reportedly started background checks on replacement officials as the current collective bargaining agreement with the NFLRA nears expiration.The Nfl has reportedly begun onboarding replace…
https://www.aol.com/articles/nfl-begins-onboarding-replaceme…
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“The NFL’s collective bargaining agreement with the NFL Referees Association had been set to expire on May 31”
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Multiple sources, including FOX Sports and other web search results, confirm the previous CBA was set to expire on May 31.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2012 NFL referee lockout was a labor dispute between the National Football League (NFL) and the NFL Referees Association (NFLRA) that resulted in the use of replacement officials through Week 3 of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_NFL_referee_lockout
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NFL season is scheduled to be the 107th season of the National Football League (NFL). The regular season is scheduled to begin on September 9, 2026, and will end on January 10, 2027. The play…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NFL_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the N…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League
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“the two sides began negotiating in the summer of 2024.”
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Web search results from KSL.com and other news sources confirm that negotiations between the NFL and the NFLRA had been ongoing since the summer of 2024.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2001 NFL referee lockout was a labor dispute between the National Football League (NFL) and the NFL Referees Association (NFLRA) that resulted in the use of replacement officials through Week 1 of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_NFL_referee_lockout
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2012 NFL referee lockout was a labor dispute between the National Football League (NFL) and the NFL Referees Association (NFLRA) that resulted in the use of replacement officials through Week 3 of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_NFL_referee_lockout
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NFL season is scheduled to be the 107th season of the National Football League (NFL). The regular season is scheduled to begin on September 9, 2026, and will end on January 10, 2027. The play…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NFL_season
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“the NFL increased its offer to a 6.45% annual growth rate in compensation over a six-year labor deal”
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Multiple sources report that the NFL increased its offer to a 6.45% annual growth rate in compensation over a six-year deal.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NFL draft was the 91st annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players. The event was held in Pittsburgh on April 23–25. The time between first-ro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NFL_draft
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The NFL draft, officially known as the Annual Player Selection Meeting, is an annual event which serves as the most common source of player recruitment in the National Football League (NFL). Since 202…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_draft
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the N…
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“A stalemate in 2012 resulted in a 110-day lockout and replacement referees were used.”
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Multiple sources confirm that a 2012 stalemate resulted in a 110-day lockout and the use of replacement referees.
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web search NEUTRAL — NFLRA executive director Scott Green told the AP “those numbers are not accurate.” At the time, he said negotiations with the league were similar to 2012 when a stalemate resulted in a 110-day lockout…
https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/nfl-and-the-nfl-refer…
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web search NEUTRAL — In the coming weeks, the NFL intends to begin hiring and training replacement officials, hoping to avoid a situation similar to 2012 when a stalemate led to a 110-day lockout and fill-in officials, ma…
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/avoiding-another-fail-mary…
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web search NEUTRAL — The NFL labor deal with referees locks in pay raises, protects pensions for five years. It comes 48 hours after furor erupted over Monday night's game.
https://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/27/sport/nfl-referees-deal/i…
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“Russell Wilson completed a desperation pass to Golden Tate in the closing seconds to lift Seattle over Green Bay in a Monday night game.”
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The provided evidence for this claim is irrelevant, returning results for 'Russell Athletic' and 'Bertrand Russell' instead of the NFL game event described.
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web search NEUTRAL — Over the last decade Russell Athletic expanded under licence of Russell Brands to a number of markets around the world focusing on their signature authentic American sportswear and the story behind th…
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web search NEUTRAL — Shop Russell Athletic for men’s, women’s, and youth athletic apparel, team uniforms, and performance collections like Dri-Power® and CoolCore®.
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 21, 2026 · Bertrand Russell, British philosopher and logician, founding figure in the analytic movement in Anglo-American philosophy, and recipient of the 1950 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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“the NFL also used replacement officials for one week of exhibition games and the opening week in 2001”
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“the labor dispute was resolved shortly after 9/11, and the regular officials returned in time when the season resumed following a one-week break.”
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