League, union will meet again on Wednesday

On Tuesday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA Executive Director De Smith are meeting at a Congressional committee regarding the StarCaps case and its impact on the league's steroids policy.

On Wednesday, the two men will meet for a fifth time as they continue the very early stages of working out a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.  According to Liz Mullen of SportsBusiness Journal, the talks will be held in New York.

The last time around, the two sides met at the union's headquarters in Washington.

In a statement released after the fourth session in late September, the union implied that the league had made a series of non-economic proposals.  At the time, the NFLPA suggested that a response would be provided at the next meeting.

The current labor deal expires after the 2011 draft.  The union recently has suggested making an intensive effort to work out a new agreement in January 2010, prior to the commencement of the uncapped year in March 2010.