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NFL Owners Take Big Step to Ending Lockout

If players agree, team facilities could open on Saturday

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 21, 2011 7:32 PM CDT

(Newser) – It's possible the NFL will be open for business again in a matter of days. League owners approved a proposed 10-year labor agreement this evening, and the 4-month lockout will be over if the players follow suit, reports USA Today. It's not exactly a cinch, however, at least from what anonymous NFLPA officials are telling Sal Paolantonio of ESPN. "We are not happy here," says one.

The lockout has resulted in one definite casualty: NFL chief Roger Goodell announced that the Aug. 7 Hall of Fame preseason game will be canceled no matter what. See the Bleacher Report for how the "free agent frenzy" might sort itself out once the lockout ends.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

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