League personnel being able to weigh in on on-field calls among NFL's new proposals if replacement refs are used

Tarohn FinleyContributing writer Tue, 24 March 2026 at 11:30 pm UTC·3 min read The NFL’s competition committee submitted five rules proposals to the league ahead of next week’s annual owners meetings, and one of them appears to set the NFL up to prevent on-field officiating chaos in the event of a work stoppage by the league’s union referees. The committee submitted a one-year proposal that would, in the event that replacement referees are used, allow the NFL’s officiating department to correct obvious errors made by on-field officials that have a direct impact on the game. The league and NFL Referees Association...