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08:03 AM ET 07.06 | If the lockout is settled before a preseason, how long will it be remembered? Anxious for free agency and weary of the war of words, the eyes of football fans around the world are starting to glaze over. In other words, the owners and players have you right where they want you. Despite a breakdown in communication and trust that boiled over last week, the two sides are closer to an agreement than many people realize -- perhaps than even some of the people involved realize. That the respective negotiating teams hung in amid the negativity and held a marathon session Thursday and a shorter one on Friday was a deceptively positive sign. As the owners and players prepare to reconvene this week in New York City following the Fourth of July holiday, a deal is very much there for the making.

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July 6, 2011 08:11 AM ET

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They are deadlocked over the NFLPA demand that FN find a new picture of Roger Goodell.

Debbie Does

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July 6, 2011 08:14 AM ET

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Sooner or later they have to make a deal, lets hope it's sooner.

Mangler.

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July 6, 2011 08:20 AM ET

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who gives a sh**! call the season and let the players and owners have a year with no revenue or pay checks. the NBA starts in late Oct.... that's only 3+ mths away.... but wait, they are likely to delay their season too. hockey anyone??

DallasFan77

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July 6, 2011 08:25 AM ET

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I'm going to play Thomas from now on and say that I'll believe it when I see it.

On another note, I watched the Toronto Argonauts play the Calgary Stampeders on the NFL channel the other day and, well, no...that wasn't great either.

Glenlivet18

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July 6, 2011 08:26 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:20 AM ET 07.06 by DallasFan77

who gives a sh**! call the season and let the players and owners have a year with no revenue or pay checks. the NBA starts in late Oct.... that's only 3+ mths away.... but wait, they are likely to delay their season too. hockey anyone??

And the MLB agreement ends in December.

Robataille

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July 6, 2011 08:26 AM ET

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The lock-out will be lifted and they will be practicing in the next 3 weeks .......someone told me that last night sleeping under the hickory tree

HILLBILLY

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July 6, 2011 08:28 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:26 AM ET 07.06 by HILLBILLY

The lock-out will be lifted and they will be practicing in the next 3 weeks .......someone told me that last night sleeping under the hickory tree

Bigfoot?

Robataille

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July 6, 2011 08:29 AM ET

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What ever dudes! Blah, blah, blah!

COUNT DOOKU

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July 6, 2011 08:30 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:28 AM ET 07.06 by Robataille

Bigfoot?

hey I don't talk about yer sister now

HILLBILLY

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July 6, 2011 08:31 AM ET

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The Lingerie Football League is looking better all the time.

Debbie Does

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July 6, 2011 08:33 AM ET

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That will work! :)

COUNT DOOKU

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July 6, 2011 08:44 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:26 AM ET 07.06 by HILLBILLY

The lock-out will be lifted and they will be practicing in the next 3 weeks .......someone told me that last night sleeping under the hickory tree

Miss Cleo?

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July 6, 2011 08:44 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:31 AM ET 07.06 by Debbie Does

The Lingerie Football League is looking better all the time.

it would always "look" better

BrownsBucksBlueJacke…

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July 6, 2011 10:26 AM ET

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Nothing like a hot new girlfriend to motivate you to get off your ass, huh Tiki?

Robataille

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July 6, 2011 10:51 AM ET

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The resentment from some fans over the insane amount of greed will linger. This lockout cost the NFL a lot, even if no games are missed.

AGStrange

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July 6, 2011 11:18 AM ET

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i tend to believe this.....the thing with the lawyers only in the room the other day? I believe they're finalizing in writing the things they have agreed on so that when all points are settled it won't take as long to finalize it in it's entirety.