The NFL and the Locked-Out NFL Referees Are Reportedly Very Close to Reaching a Deal

It should be a done deal soon.

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Real NFL referees back? After three weeks of crappy refereeing, blown calls, and that disaster of a game in Seattle the other night, it sounds like the replacement referees are about to be out of a job. According to CBS Sports, ESPN, and a bunch of other media outlets, the NFL and the locked-out NFL referees have reached a tentative deal that could put the real refs back on the football field as early as Thursday night for the Ravens/Browns game. There are still a few sticking points that the league and the refs are trying to work through. But, we're hoping—no, make that praying—that they get everything ironed out at some point today.

Stay tuned. The replacement ref fiasco might finally be over.

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[via CBS Sports]

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