There won’t be scab referees.

The NFL and the NFL Referees Association (NFLFA) agreed to a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement (CBA), ahead of the May 31 deadline, the parties announced .

Officials approved the new deal, which runs through the 2032 season, by a 116-4 measure, per NFL Network , and the new CBA reportedly includes pay raises, provisions for more access to officials in the offseason to allow for a new training program and creating a set of reserve officials.

NFL referees have a new CBA. AP

The new pact also has “greater latitude” to give priority postseason assignments to referees who grade the best rather than based on seniority, per ESPN .

“It was a mutual and determined effort, and the outcome is seven years of certainty for the league and the officials,” NFLRA executive director Scott Green said in the statement.…