CPS cancels multiple football games after referees strike over nonpayment
Chicago Public Schools canceled multiple sporting events this week after over 250 referees went on strike due to nonpayment. Varsity football games may also be impacted if officials are not paid.
Chicago Public Schools has canceled multiple freshman and junior varsity football games this week after football referees went on strike due to not being paid for several weeks.“Varsity [football] games are in jeopardy,” official Breyion Hutchinson told the Sun-Times on Wednesday. “If the officials are not paid today they will not work tomorrow.”All the officials that regularly work CPS football games are on strike. According to official Mike Outten there are a couple hundred football…
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