Replacement refs... - Community Post

CowboysRoundtable

Mar 30, 2026

The Dallas Cowboys already struggle as it is as a top penalized team in the NFL.

Now just imagine if those referees were college officials?

The league and its referee association are at a crossroads... Will this stretch into the fall and force replacement refs to take the field?

NFL owners are "alarmed" by the state of negotiations with the NFL Referees Association and have authorized staff members to begin hiring and onboarding replacement officials in the coming weeks, league sources said Sunday.

www.espn.comSources: NFL, far apart with NFLRA, to begin hiring replacement refsNFL owners are "alarmed" by the state of negotiations with the NFL Referees Association and have authorized staff members to begin hiring and onboarding replacement officials in the coming weeks, league sources said Sunday.

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