NFL, Referees Reach Agreement; Refs Back On Field Thursday

The NFL and the NFL Referees Association reached an agreement late Wednesday night on an eight-year collective bargaining agreement, subject to ratification by the NFLRA.

The agreement comes almost exactly 48 hours after the highly controversial ruling that decided Monday's game between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks.

The two sides agreed to create a developmental program as a compromise to the NFL's demand for the addition of 21 officials to the current contingent of 121 NFLRA members, per an NFLRA source. The pool of money for the existing officials also will remain the same.

An NFLRA crew will work Thursday night's game between the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens.

"Our officials will be back on the field starting tomorrow night," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said. "We appreciate the commitment of the NFLRA in working through the issues to reach this important agreement."

Source: Sports Network

 

Screwin finally!

 

Good. Good.

Can I go back to hate the regular refs now, or do I have to wait until monday?

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Will this make every call correct? No but at least they will know what they are doing. Welcome back guys

 

Wow, I am shocked that they are back on the field that quick...but thank God!!

 

Thank god. but im sure we all will be complaining about them by the end of this weeks game just like we did with the replacement officials. were all human we will complain

 

no, most people are so wound up about this, the real refs are going to get applauded at the stadiums this week and people will cut them some slack, at least for a while........ probably the rest of the season..... and then next season everyone will forget and go back to normal.

 

Great to hear that.

 

I hope Ed is the head Ref for tonights first game back
\m/

 

Ed Hochuli needs to come out of the tunnel and do the Ray Lewis dance.

 

Maybe the Brian Dawkins entrance?

 

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Well... that's partially right. The fact is there is no way they can heck up and miss as many calls as the replacements, so that is why they won't get as much grief. Because there is no possible way they will be as bad.

 

I'll be looking forward to a flow to the NFL games now. Before, with the sub refs, there was no flow to the games. Just starts and stops.

 

Whoever it is will be fantastic. Who knows, maybe if a Cleveland d-lineman gets tackled to the ground with an arm around his neck on a pass rush it'll actually get called! :icon_rolleyes:

 

at least they will know who is playing and which hash mark to spot the ball.

 

Schefter tweeted today that Hochili's crew will work the Bengals-Jaguars game. I think he deserves better.

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