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Following up on the ongoing labor story. ... The NFL's players association and owners groups have reached agreement on the remaining points needed in their 10-year labor deal, sources from both sides said. Despite the fact the new deal will require a majority vote from the players, that part of the deal between the two sides is considered a formality, according to sources.
Reported by ESPN.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
According to the ESPN's Adam Schefter, the NFLPA is making plans for a major press conference Monday. But first the player reps' executive committee is scheduled to fly to Washington, D.C., on Sunday so they can vote Monday. Just as the NFL would not have called a vote Thursday in Atlanta without knowing it would pass in the way it did -- 31-0 with one abstention -- Schefter is sure the NFLPA would also not be going forward without that assurance. That means the previously reported timetable -- with players reporting to training camps, some as early as Wednesday to physically vote on whether to recertify, with the hope that it will be done by Friday. Once the players ratify the deal, Schefter reports that training camp and free agency are likely to begin the same day.
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