The league plans to assign replacements to OTAs and mandatory minicamps as of June 1.

The CBA between the league and current referees is set to expire on May 31. In the absence of an agreement, replacement ...

With the NFL no closer to reaching an agreement with the NFLRA ahead of the end of their current deal on May 31, the league has offered teams an official timeline for the introduction of replacement ...

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 ...

The NFL is moving forward with plans to begin hiring and training replacement officials in the next several weeks because negotiations with the referees’ union have been unsuccessful, two people with ...

NFL owners are "alarmed" by the state of negotiations with the NFL Referees Association and have authorized staff members to ...

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

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 ...

Several replacement officials have completed hiring steps including background checks and will soon progress to undergoing ...

The NFL plans to start training potential replacement officials, according to a memo from the NFL to teams and obtained by USA TODAY Sports. NFL Network first obtained the memo. The league and NFL ...