REAL Refs Coming Back! Possibly. Agreement not Made yet.

[UNCrules2187]

Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter

As @mortreport is reporting, an agreement between NFL and NFLRA is at hand and both sides will work to have officials working this weekend.

Only a matter of time until we start bitching about the real refs!

[saX man]

Thank god

now we're hopefully closer to the normal sh*tty refs :)

[Black]

[Rip Saw]

meh

[Darth Biscuit]

Damnit, I really wanted to see some makeup calls by the replacements for Green Bay this week...

[Mr. Scot]

Good news.

Now fans can complain about blown calls and disputed rulings made by officials they're familiar with.

[bLACKpANTHER]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8427652/locked-nfl-referees-return-early-week-sources

WOOT!!

[Proudiddy]

LOL, thanks Golden Tate!

[PhillyB]

all it says it they're "making progress."

how many times did we hear that when the league locked out the players?

[janderson20vt]

I'm not going to get my hopes up just yet. We had a moment like this with the player lockout where the deal was "almost done" and then talks went south.

[GRWatcher]

LOL So the Huddle will have a different set of refs to complain about whenever they do come back. At least Austin retired.

[jasonluckydog]

Never been happy about a ref before this day,,

,,I believe.

[Proudiddy]

Yeah they say "progress," but it also says this:

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.

Sounds imminent. But, we did hear this a lot with the players lockout as well.

[pantherclaw]

So fans can go back to blaming the regular refs?

Oh thank god!