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@AdamSchefter: As @mortreport is reporting, an agreement between NFL and NFLRA is at hand
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I need a confirmation. Great news if true.
I mean a real confirmation, but thanks!!
The NFL and the NFL Referees Association made enough progress in negotiations Tuesday night that the possibility of the locked-out officials returning in time to work this week's games has been discussed, according to sources on both sides.
An agreement in principle is at hand, according to one source familiar to talks, although NFL owners have postured with a "no more compromise" stance.
Although league sources said it would take a week to get the locked-out officials on the field, the NFLRA says its 121 referees have been trained on the new rules implemented last season, have already passed physicals or are prepared to pass physicals immediately. New official game uniforms designed by Nike are "hardly an obstacle," according to a source.
Both sides have made concessions on previous sticking points such as a taxi squad of 21 new officials and pension plans that sources say the final meaningful hurdle is, as one source said, "about a little more money."
While league sources say owners who participated in a conference call with commissioner Roger Goodell during Tuesday's talks had instructed the negotiating team to set a firm barrier for the financial settlement, the NFLRA is prepared to accept a new agreement primarily in the form of a "ratification bonus," which would compensate its 121-member union for concessions it is willing to make.
The NFLRA and the league have all but agreed on developing a 21-member "taxi squad" that Goodell has pushed, but not at the financial cost of the union members.
Chris Morteson hasn't posted anything on twitter, but he wrote this article for ESPN earlier. No done deal yet, but it looks close.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8427652/locked-nfl-referees-return-early-week-sources
I bet we'll be stuck with that ****head Mike Carey this weekend.
Thank goodness. I always felt bad complaining too much about the replacements because they were put into a tough situation Now we can finally get back to bitching about the real refs and about how horrible they are without feeling sorry for them
rep if I could.
Thank goodness. I always felt bad complaining too much about the replacements because they were put into a tough situation Now we can finally get back to bitching about the real refs and about how horrible they are without feeling sorry for them
I bet we'll be stuck with that ****head Mike Carey this weekend.
chris mortensen is an espn reporter, dismissing his twitter feed based simply on the fact that its twitter is pure ignorance.
Apparently they worked out the training and development of new and fill-in refs, but the pension is still an issue. Reportedly, some hard-line owners got involved late.
Always wanted to be in a thunderblizzardhurricane. LOLGreen Bay station pokes fun at the NFL with replacement weatherman.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-green-bay-tv-station-pokes-fun-at-nfl-with-a-replacement-weather-guy-20120926,0,7426120.story
Shows how much the fans, coaches, and players love the real refs,
no matter all the complaining we do about them.
Welcome back Ed Hochuli, Jerome Boger, Mike Carey, and Jeff
Triplette. You guys were sorely missed, and it will be nice to
see a well-managed NFL game again.
Shows how much the fans, coaches, and players love the real refs,
no matter all the complaining we do about them.
Welcome back Ed Hochuli, Jerome Boger, Mike Carey, and Jeff
Triplette. You guys were sorely missed, and it will be nice to
see a well-managed NFL game again.
NBC picked the right year to hire an officiating consultant.
Jim Daopoulos, a long-time official and supervisor of officials, joined NBC this season. And he tells PFT that the NFL and NFL Referees Association have signed a new deal.
A crew is being assembled to work Thursday nights game between the Browns and Ravens. Then, on Friday, the officials will travel to Dallas to retrieve their equipment and receive their game assignments for Sunday and Monday, with the same crews working together as last year.
Details are still not clear, but Daopoulos says that the much-debated pension issue was resolved with the current defined-benefit plan remaining in place for five years before switching to a 401(k)-style defined contribution plan.
Also, its believed that the deal will cover five more years before this one, which means that well potentially be doing this again in 2018.
Daopoulos: NFL, NFLRA deal is done
Posted by Mike Florio on September 26, 2012, 10:44 PM EDT
I cant stand Ed (Gun Show) Hochuli
Jerome (Ladies Man) Boger
Jeff (Bean Bag) Triplete.
Carey is the only honest/not incompetent ref of the bunch.
The regular refs will be back fixing games again soon. Vegas took a bath Monday night.
The regular refs will be back fixing games again soon. Vegas took a bath Monday night.
The Seattle Seahawks’ controversial win over the Green Bay Packers on Monday night was unquestionably a winner for Las Vegas, but it wasn’t as big of payday for the books as some believed.
(bolding added for emphasis)Jeff Sherman, assistant manager at the SuperBook, said 85 percent of the tickets at his book were on Green Bay and estimates the statewide handle at $15 million. The handle is the total amount wagered on the game-in straight bets, over/unders, parlays, teasers, etc. The Seahawks’ 14-12 win resulted in what Sherman characterized as a “six-figure” swing in favor of the book.
Daopoulos: NFL, NFLRA deal is done
Posted by Mike Florio on September 26, 2012, 10:44 PM EDT
I wonder how popular Goodell is with the owners right now.
2 years, 2 essentially failed lockouts.
It's officially official,the officials are back!!
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000066725/article/nfl-referees-union-closing-in-on-agreement-to-end-lockout?campaign=Facebook_writers_breer
The league released the following terms of the agreement:
» The current defined benefit pension plan will remain in place for current officials through the 2016 season (or until the official earns 20 years of service). The defined benefit plan then will be frozen.
» Retirement benefits will be provided for new hires, and for all officials beginning in 2017, through a defined contribution arrangement, which will have two elements: an annual league contribution made on behalf of each game official that will begin with an average of more than $18,000 per official and increase to more than $23,000 per official in 2019, and a partial match on any additional contribution that an official makes to his 401(k) account.
» Apart from their benefit package, the game officials' compensation will increase from an average of $149,000 per year in 2011 to $173,000 in 2013, rising to $205,000 by 2019.
» Beginning with the 2013 season, the NFL will have the option of hiring a number of officials on a full-time basis to work year-round, including on the field.
» The NFL will have the option to retain additional officials for training and development purposes and can assign those additional officials to work NFL games. The number of additional officials will be determined by the NFL.