Loading ...Chris Mortensen of ESPN is reporting that the NFL and NFLRA, who have been engaged in intense negotiations since Monday afternoon, have an agreement in principle at hand. He adds that both sides are working feverishly to finalize said deal in an effort to have the referees return to work as early as this weekend.
With a Thursday night game on tap, the league may ultimately decide it's only fair to keep the replacement officials working through the weekend. Having them officiate the primetime game between the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens would offer an unfair competitive advantage to the remaining 28 NFL teams that will play during week four.
The NFLRA insists its 121 referees are well-versed on all the new rules changes, as well as the new Nike jerseys that they consider "[no] obstacle." Additionally, all 121 referees have already passed or are ready to pass necessary physicals, so that, too, will not be a hang-up.
For the New York Giants and New York Jets, this is especially good news. The New Jersey State Senate recently moved to have all games officiated by replacements banned in the state of New Jersey.
UPDATE: Peter King of Sports Illustrated reports that, despite the ESPN report, a deal is "not imminent."
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Oh thank God! Now every game will be officiated perfectly and teams won’t have to deal with bad calls, no calls, and confusion about the application of the rules.
‘Cept for Giants game. Where they will continue to try to cheat them.
Did anyone ever even find out of the NJ state legislature even has that authority? I can’t believe they do.
As someone who like to track the ridiculousness of public opinion, especially when influenced by a biased media, i am going to enjoy watching the old refs blows calls and watching the fallout. As Nosh has been saying, this whole thing will eventually come full circle.
Thank goodness..Was waiting for the Giants to get hosed like the Packers did.. The real refs are far from perfect, but at least they are competent, a far cry from the hacks that were out there the first 3 weeks
Re post for Mrs Meatlocker
LOL, I don’t have time to go through everything you’ve been wrong about, I work for a living.
You were wrong for slamming JR all off season and pre season for his handling of the line and I quote “starting the fire Reese Bandwagon”
You were wrong for mocking FF55yr and myself for telling you over and over that the line would be good enough- A term you threw back over and over mocking us, even posting on my FB wall after a game
You were wrong for mocking Pat Flaherty and mocking those of us who support him
You were wrong for mocking RHLJR mercilessly for his out front support of Victor Cruz and his ability to go get the ball in the air
You were wrong even today when using the fact that not every low rd pick or undrafted guy had panned out on the line as a knock on Flaherty. Even a casual fan understands that ANY low round picks or unrdrafted picks panning out is huge and not to expect every one to work out.
You were wrong after week one to mock all those that still had a positive outlook on this team, posting crap on my wall and on here with the list of things you couldn’t wait to hear from us..
I cant help that you are the George Costanza of G101 and need to go with the opposite of any football related inclinations you have and I try to be patient with you because I understand that loud, emotional, confrontational, obnoxious and stupid must be a hard way for you to go through life. When you call me out or mock me though, I feel the need to put you back in your place and remind you how clueless you really are..
I’m done man. Seriously. I’m done being spoken to like I was the only person who was wrong about Victor Cruz; I’m done with you being too dense to recognize that there’s a difference between a disagreement on opinion and simply being flat out incorrect on a prediction; I’m done with you being the only person who gets away with criticizing EVERY opinion, while generating almost none of your own (To that end, it’s no shock that you view yourself as always being right and filled with knowledge); and most of all I’m done defending my record to you. I man up when I’m wrong, but at least I have the nads to state my opinion without reservation, regardless of the outcome of the game. You, on the other hand, seem to only pop your head in when the sun is shining, yet are mysteriously preoccupied whenever things look gloomy.
Still waiting all the doubters that were $hitting on mr. vontaze Burfict. Lol
Anyway, I was wrong bout Cruz. And I’m probably more wrontha right bout things around here. But hey, we can’t all be ff55, right?
I wasn’t wrong bout Linval, MM ( still don’t think we miss him), and Barden.
Whatever though, this shouldn’t be a pi$$ing contest.
Don’t worry dude. We have good company on the Cruz thing. The two of us, 31 other GMs and their scouting departments, and nearly every single football fan in the world, were taken aback by Cruz’s success. Only rlhjr (who was way out front with his comparisons to Larry Fitzgerald, which turned out to be very accurate) and Demo (who, as usual, didn’t offer any opinions or insight into Cruz’s potential, instead sufficing to criticize other’s opinions) foresaw the sort of player Cruz has become.
Kujo- You weren’t the only one, just the loudest and most obnoxious bro..
BBG- You were indeed the biggest VB fan on the planet, but also guaranteed several times he was a top 15 pick..
Lol. I have close ties to the asu program, and met him several times. He’s a good kid, and
EVERYONE doubted him after the combine. Goes ur drafted, 31 teams still passed on him, and now he’s starting for the bengals. Kid could ball regardless of what drills say.
Thank the football gods.
And just like that…the hope is gone. Leave it to ESPN to jump the gun.
man, and I was sure the Packers pouting would fix it all since we can’t have them unhappy can we.
Weird, we’ve become so accustomed to Mortensen being out in front with accurate information, too.
As bad as the refs have been I’m sorry, but I just don’t see how the regulars will make all that much of a difference. Neither of them see holds or pass interference and roughing the passer when it is for the Giants. I don’t know maybe I’m to jadded, but I kind of like the fact that the other 31 teams are getting the short end of the stick for a change.
regulars are far from perfect. they are at least competent and not a complete embarrassment, Moreover they have the respect of players and coaches and can control things and not let stuff get out of control