What a mess: “A PRO spokesperson told ESPN that the organization had offered the PSRA a no strike/no lockout agreement as a means of continuing negotiations, but that was also rejected by the PSRA. … The no strike/no lockout offer was [considered] a ‘poison pill’ for union membership, and was accompanied by, among other things, a demand that the PSRA accept no raises for 2024.”

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https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/39544837/mls-set-begin-stand-refs-cba-dispute-goes-on

Not a good way to start the new season: “MLS will begin the 2024 season without some of its key figures, as the Professional Referee Organization (PRO), the body that employs MLS’s referees, announced Saturday that it will lock the officials out at midnight.”

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https://prosoccerwire.usatoday.com/2024/02/17/mls-referees-locked-out-2024/