"This season will be the last of the existing agreement between the league and the NFL Referees Association. It is set to expire at the end of May. A memo was set out yesterday by NFL vice president of football operations Troy Vincent and general counsel Larry Ferazani. They said that they have been in talks to extend the current agreement since the Summer of 2024, but they have been unsuccessful."
"It is time to hire NFL referees full-time. This should not even be a discussion. Let them focus on this all year round. Every single year you hear people say that they need to be hired full-time because of how bad some of these calls are, and it is not because they don't know what they are doing, it is because they can't focus on this stuff all season long."
The collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and the NFL Referees Association expires at the end of May 2026, making the current season the last under the agreement. NFL vice president Troy Vincent and general counsel Larry Ferazani issued a memo noting unsuccessful extension talks since Summer 2024. The league is negotiating changes including a longer probationary period to evaluate and remove underperforming officials. Many observers call for hiring referees as full-time employees to improve focus and consistency across seasons. Skepticism exists about whether the league will adopt full-time officiating, and concerns about recurring officiating complaints remain if no agreement is reached.
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