League owners step in as NFL and NFLRA resume massive CBA negotiations
If these talks stall again with owners at the table, the conversation about replacement officials in September becomes real.
League owners step in as NFL and NFLRA resume massive CBA negotiations originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The NFL and NFL Referees Association are back at the negotiating table this week; this time, the league is sending people who can actually make decisions.
Per NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, several owners sitting on the Management Council Executive Committee and the Competition Committee will be part of the league's bargaining delegation. Maybe that will help because two weeks ago, a scheduled session collapsed before it barely got going. The NFLRA's position was that the NFL's team across the table had no authority to negotiate.
The league never pushed back on that. Owners bring real authority to the table The gap between the two sides remains wide. The NFL has offered roughly 6.
45% annual compensation growth over six years. The NFLRA wants over 10%, plus $2. 5 million in marketing fees and improved healthcare benefits.