The NFL is taking proactive steps to limit the possibility of a work stoppage involving the referees' union, but could the league's plans backfire?

Jerry Jones of the Cowboys, Joel Glazer of the Bucs and Clark Hunt of the Chiefs participated in negotiations Thursday, a ...

The NFL's last foray into replacement officials ended in embarrassment for the league when a botched call and comic confusion in a prime-time game led to the end of a lockout that marred the first ...

Amid ongoing plans to prepare for the possibility of replacement referees going into the 2026 season, the NFL and NFL ...

The NFL is set to hire, and potentially use, replacement officials for the 2026 season. Here's a look at the last time they ...

With the NFL facing the possibility of a referee lockout in 2026, the league is trying to insulate himself from serious ...

One of the strangest facts in professional sports is that part-timers officiate the National Football League.An entity so big that it dwarfs the influence of all its rival leagues combined and ...

The Cardinals did hang on to win 20-16, but the sloppy call was a disservice to both teams. The overall feeling was that the ...

The league is on the verge of locking out its officials for the first time since 2012, when it used sub-standard replacement ...

Here's a breakdown of the NFL's history using replacement refs.

The NFL is floating the idea of using replacement referees with union talks stalling — again. ESPN reported Wednesday that the league is “laying groundwork” to hire replacement officials if it and 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 ...