Per ESPN, the NBA announced Tuesday that labor agreements between themselves and the National Basketball Referees Association(NBRA) were rejected by the NBRA. The NBA released a memo stressing to NBA teams they had, “no expectation of concluding a timely labor contract.”

NBA fans across the nation expressed their concern through Twitter.

1. 
   fergoe Aw hell, the NBA’s gonna have scab refs to start the season. NBA’s gonna be anarchy. 29 Sep 2009 from txt
2. 
   yelloboy32 Oh boy, hope this doesn’t affect play RT @ESPNEWS: NBA to teams: Replacement refs to start season: http://bit.ly/2gsCFD 29 Sep 2009 from TweetDeck
3. 
   rsw808 RT @espn: NBA to teams: Replacement refs to start season – http://tinyurl.com/y9s5cct. <~ wha?? 29 Sep 2009 from UberTwitter
4. 
   DMNGZ Fuuuhhhhh NBA is gonna do the season with replacement refs…. Fuhhhh game play is gonna diminish cuz of it 29 Sep 2009 from txt
5. 
   Slick119 RT @ESPNEWS: The NBA’s going w/ replacement refs. Don’t expect 2 reach agreement w/ locked-out officials 29 Sep 2009 from Echofon
6. 
   nbastats NBA News NBA to teams: Replacement refs to start season: The NBA has told teams that they will start th.. http://bit.ly/fuH7U 29 Sep 2009 from twitterfeed

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Other fans were optimistic of the change.

1. 
   curiousg87 The NBA refs are boycotting. So replacement refs will b bad…Regular refs were cheating neway so they might b better 29 Sep 2009 from TweetDeck
2. 
   KRSHoops I hear the NBA is using replacment refs to start the season: that’s good for the NBA 29 Sep 2009 from web
3. 
   jbluther Sweet! NBA refs might be good this year. http://digs.by/RHK 29 Sep 2009 from Digsby

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The latest word from either side was that an agreement between the locked out referees and the NBA was not in the near future.

The NBA season tips off October 27th.

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