UPDATE: 7/24/11, 7:30 a.m. Multiple media outlets are reporting that the executive committee representing NFL players is tentatively scheduled to meet Monday with an eye toward ratifying the agreement approved by the league’s owners Thursday. The pact is expected to then go to a full players’ vote beginning as early as Wednesday.
The National Football League’s five-month-long labor lockout continued Friday, with player representatives telling the rank and file to “stay put” this weekend while the latest ownership proposal is evaluated.
