NFL avoids replacement officials with 7-year deal with NFLRA
· Yahoo Sports
There will be no replacement officials for the NFL in 2026. The league announced that a new agreement with NFLRA, NFL officials association, was ratified, giving the league labor peace with officials through 2026. The previous agreement was scheduled to expire May 31.
The new agreement includes salary increases, according to ESPN.
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Officials will receive significant raises from their 2025 salaries. Earlier this spring, the NFL offered a 10% increase in game fees across the board in the regular season and up to 30% for those who work the Super Bowl, per sources at the time. The league had hoped to increase the probationary period for new officials from three years to four, but the agreement kept that duration at three years.
The league was prepared to begin training replacement officials had a new agreement been approved, but that will now not happen.
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