Published 5/19/2008
by Mark Maske
at Mark Maske's NFL Insider
The owners are gathering today in Atlanta. There are some committee meetings scheduled for today, and a one-day full owners' meeting is to take place Tuesday. The big news will be whether the owners vote to exercise the reopener clause in their labor deal with the players' union. The agreement, ratified by the owners in March 2006, gives either side the option to exercise the reopener clause by Nov. 8. If that happens, the...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
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