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, ...

More than a decade after the Fail Mary call, former replacement referee Lance Easley says the NFL has contacted him about a ...

The NFL doesn't seem afraid of repeating the debacle that was the 2012 season without first-string officials.

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 ...

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.

Back in 2012, the NFL and the NFL Referees Association (NFLRA) became involved in a labor dispute. It got to the point where both sides were at an impasse, so in July, the NFL started training ...

Progress was made Thursday for the first time in quite a while as the NFL and the NFL Referees Association work on a new collective bargaining agreement. Patrick Smith / Getty Images One day after the ...

With the threat of a referees lockout becoming more perilous by the day, the NFL continues to move forward with hiring and training replacement referees for use during the 2026 se ...

NFL fans are closer than ever to seeing a return of the dreaded replacement referees in 2026. Collective bargaining negotiations with the league's normal officials have not progressed which has ...