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With new deal, NFL refs will be back this week

The national football nightmare is over. The real referees are back.

The National Football League and NFL Referees Association, the union representing on-field officials, agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement late Wednesday night that will end the lockout in time for the full slate of Week 4 games, both sides announced.

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Welcome back.

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Ever notice how all the pictures of the refs returning are of macho Ed Hochuli?  Nobody's putting up pictures of the less-intimidatinlooking refs, like Jeff Triplette, for instance!