NFL Referees Association reportedly schedules vote to ratify new CBA after negotiations with NFL previously stalled

That lockout of officials lasted 110 days.

Specific terms of the CBA the NFL and NFLRA will reportedly be voting on this week have yet to be disclosed.

In a March 30 report, Yahoo Sports’ Jori Epstein outlined the main points of contention in the sides’ negotiations. Back then, Epstein reported that the NFL eyed a performance-based officiating model that would place lower-performing officials on probationary periods.

While the NFLRA has wanted officiating playoff assignments to be determined by seniority, the NFL has made it clear it prefers merit as the deciding factor in that selection process, Epstein reported at the time.

During their stalemate, the NFLRA and NFL have also been at odds about compensation, per Epstein, who reported at the end of March that the NFL had offered an average raise of 6.45% per year in a deal that would last six years. Meanwhile, the NFLRA maintained that its officials should be paid like those from the NBA, MLB and NHL despite the disparity in total number of games they have to work compared to the other leagues mentioned. The NFLRA was looking for a raise of more than 10% per year on average, according to Epstein’s March 30 report.

Since, however, negotiations have reportedly progressed to the point where a vote is now set for Thursday night, with less than a month remaining before the current CBA between the NFL and the NFLRA expires.