Lockout Nears End As Players Meet In Washington

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It was in Atlanta in 2008 where NFL owners voted to option out of their collective bargaining agreement with the NFLPA. Now again, it's in Atlanta, where maybe as soon as Thursday, owners could vote to agree to a new C.B.A. that will end the lockout and restore the business of the National Football League. Meanwhile, the players’ side would present the agreement to player reps for all 32 clubs, who would vote on whether to recommend the settlement to the plaintiffs in the Brady et al v. National Football League et al lawsuit. The player reps were meeting today in Washington, D.C., where a vote is expected to take place once they see a document to review. The next step could be the recertification of the union, which requires all 1,900 players to vote, a simple majority to pass, and which will probably be done by e-mail or conference call.

Commissioner Roger Goodell and and nine of the 10 members of the owners' labor committee gathered at an airport hotel, also today, to go over the final terms of a settlement that lawyers have been hashing out for weeks, with the final touches having been worked on through late Tuesday night.

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