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With owners scheduled to meet in New York on Thursday in an attempt to find labor peace before the start of free agency -- and in hope of avoiding the mass dumping of veterans for salary-cap reasons, the NFL extended the deadline for teams to terminate contracts and request waivers on players six hours, from 4 p.m. Thursday to 10 p.m.
Reported by FOXSports.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
The owners are looking to reach an agreement with the players' union that could add $10 million to $15 million to a 2006 salary cap that currently is $94.5 million. Without it, some teams could be forced into wholesale cuts to get beneath the cap by midnight. Free agency starts Friday. ... More to come.
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