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PBS NewsHour | NFL Referees Step in While Union Strikes Persist | PBS

Duration: 05:07
Program: PBS NewsHour #10450
Broadcast Date: Sep. 7, 2012

Labor disputes over pay and pensions among members of the NFL Referees Unions spilled over into the start of the football season. But that doesn't mean professional football season has suspended. Instead substitute referees are calling the games. Jeffrey Brown talks to NPR's Mike Pesca for more.

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Post Date: September 7, 2012