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, ...

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 ...

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. Yet with neither side budging in talks ...

The NFL may not have to deal with replacement refs for the 2026 season. Cleveland Browns fans have one less worry ...

With the NFL facing the possibility of a referee lockout in 2026, the league is trying to insulate himself from serious consequences if it does come to pass. The NFL’s competition committee on Tuesday ...

The NFL and its officials are deadlocked in a CBA dispute. With the May 31 deadline looming, the league is already hiring and training replacement referees. At the heart of the impasse is a ...

Is there a group of people more universally hated than NFL referees? If you had to assemble a Mount Rushmore of people/things no one likes, in no particular order, the monument would consist of NFL ...

The NFL is preparing for the possibility of replacement officials in the 2026 season, proposing a rule change for one season that would allow the replay center in New York to correct any “clear and ...