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Lockout almost over says newspaper source...

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rayzor Grand Master

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sorry folks.... that report jumped the gun.

Contrary to report, lockout isn't over by Aaron Wilson

June 10, 02011

Both the NFL and the NFL Players Association have emphatically shot down a report from a small Massachusetts newspaper stating that the lockout was over.

“There’s a report that the lockout is over," NFL PLayers Association spokesman George Atallah wrote on his Twitter account. "Umm. .. no."

“Joint NFL-NFLPA-Yogi Berra Statement: ‘It’s not over till it’s over," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello wrote on his Twitter account.

The report from Bill Burt, Lawrence-Eagle Tribune sports editor, stated that "A deal to end the National Football League's lockout is almost complete, according to an NFL source. According to the source, owners and players were close to an agreement today to end the lockout, Some coaches and players have been contacted about returning to work probably early next week and possibly as soon as this weekend."

While meetings did take place in Chicago last week and Long Island this week, NFL sources confirm that no deal is imminent.

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Contrary-to-report-lockout-isnt-over.html

but, things are looking better...

In another very hopeful sign for the NFL's labor dispute, sources confirmed to The Post that league commissioner Roger Goodell and union chief DeMaurice Smith met for a private dinner lasting nearly two hours Wednesday night at a Midtown restaurant.

The secret and highly unusual sit-down came at Patroon just hours after the two leaders were involved in another round of closed-door talks between negotiating parties on Long Island.

Those talks, combined with what a witness said was "a very jovial dinner" between Goodell and Smith, are prompting optimism that the league's three-month labor dispute could soon end before any games or training-camp time are lost.

A league spokesman declined comment on the private dinner. The decertified union did not respond to messages.

btw...who uses the word "jovial" anymore? i guess we just found out.

anyway, brandt's take...

adbrandt "Jovial" dinner of Roger Goodell/De Smith, as per @NYPost_Hubbuch, welcome news. No deal happens without increased trust there.
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raleigh-panther Grand Master

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Part of me enjoys that money staying in my checking accout, the other part of me wants it over as for some of the games, have to make hotel reservations, and a couple of my friends will be flying down for a game or two.

Makes it real hard to plan anything with this stuff dragging on.

For those of us who play FF (and I know there are people who hate it) it is tough to not know what to do with drafts and such. How dare the NFL screw all of this up (facetious)

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rayzor Grand Master

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More promising news...

'According to the SportsBusiness Journal's Daniel Kaplan, a "framework agreement" could be reached in the NFL's labor dispute in as little as two weeks.'

http://www.rotoworld.com/headlines/nfl/205348/framework-agreement-near-in-labor-dispute

yeah, i got a tweet from kaplan saying that. this dude is legit. very promising.

also saw this from brandt...

adbrandt NFL-NFLPA optimism realization of no more Courtroom football on horizon, pending economic harm to both sides. Time now a factor.

doug farrar had an article on yahoo news this morning along the same theme of optimism. talked about the statement made in the OP saying that the lockout was over and how that was shutdown quickly, but things are still looking up. not sure if it's lazy journalism, but he quoted a couple other articles with some insight...

Lance Zierlein of the Houston Chronicle recently put up a blog post entitled "According to a couple of sources, NFL lockout could be over sooner than you think" in which he quotes two NFL people he knows. I've known Lance for while, and I know how dialed-in he is, so I'm of a mind to take this seriously. The post said, in part…

Eric Edholm from Pro Football Weekly is another news source to be taken seriously; PFW isn't exactly in the habit of floating false rumors to get traction on the interwebs. Eric's recent piece was interesting in a different way, because he pointed to a specific date by which both sides might be encouraged to get a deal done:

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