The looming NBA CBA negotiations are the only labor situation that needs to be worked out in the NBA. The one between the league and the referees is another. The National Basketball Referees Association’s current deal expires at the end of next season, but a new seven year agreement was met.
The NBA and the National Basketball Referees Association have reached a tentative agreement on a new seven-year deal that will run through 2022, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
The union’s 60-plus referee membership will meet in Chicago on Aug. 13 to vote on final ratification of the contract, sources told Yahoo Sports.
The NBA and the NBRA opened talks with a year left on the existing collective bargaining agreement, and will replace the final season of the current five-year agreement with terms on a new deal, sources told Yahoo Sports. The referee’s new deal will include substantial raises for referees and the staffing of the league’s replay center in Secaucus, N.J., with refs, sources said.
H/T: yahoo.com
