The rift between the NFL and NFL officials just got a lot wider.
Negotiations involving representatives for the league and the NFL Referees Association (NFLRA) for a new labor pact that were scheduled for two days in Florida broke down on Wednesday – not even advancing to the lunch break on the first day.
Scott Green, executive director of the NFLRA, told USA TODAY Sports that the NFL rejected the union’s counterproposal.
“We asked them to give us a response and they refused,” Green wrote in a text message Wednesday afternoon.
Green added that the NFL’s lead negotiator, Larry Ferazani, indicated that he was “not authorized” to respond to the counterproposal.
