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The NFL has hired six new officials to replace the six officials who retired or not retained, Football Zebras reports.
The National Football League is losing a prominent referee heading into the 2025 season. One of the NFL's longest tenured referees is choosing to call it a career heading into the 2025 season.
NFL referees made an average of $201,000 per year based on collective-bargaining information from 2019, per Money.com.There is also a bonus included for officials who work in postseason matchups ...
A meeting of the referees and umpires will be held Friday, one day after the season opener between Minnesota and New Orleans. That meeting will "simply be to review the mechanics of the umpire ...
Brad Allen’s explanation isn’t supported by video evidence. The NFL referee insists that Lions tackle Dan Skipper, and not tackle Taylor Decker, reported as eligible on a game-deciding two ...
On the seven-member NFL officiating crew, it’s always the umpire -- the official who lines up in the middle of the defense, four or five yards from the line of scrimmage -- who’s most at risk. Umpires ...
Umpire Scott Walker, down judge Brian Sakowski, line judge Brian Perry, and field judge Jeff Shears will be sent to the UFL.. Walker and Perry finished their first NFL seasons in 2024.
On average, NFL officials earn $205,000 during the regular season. The figure is based on terms of the most recent Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NFL and the NFL Referees Association.
The Detroit Lions and referee Brad Allen had directly conflicting accounts of the penalty that negated a go-ahead 2-point conversion. ... NFL officials' latest penalty mess leaves Lions at a loss.