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Still “work to be done” as owners ready for meeting

  
Published July 21, 2011 05:44 AM
Roger Goodell, DeMaurice Smith,

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, left, and National Football League Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith, right, exit the Ritz-Carlton hotel to speak to the media after addressing players during the NFLPA rookie symposium on Wednesday, June 29, 2011, in Sarasota, Fla. Goodell and Smith are flying back to Minneapolis together to resume negotiations in the four-month old labor dispute. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)

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NFL owners and a huge media contingent have arrived in Atlanta for meetings set to start at 10 a.m. ET.

While optimism remains in the air, there still remain some outstanding issues to solve.

From Liz Mullen of SportsBusiness Journal: “Hear NFL players, owners worked last night, but were not able to resolve issues standing in way of a deal.”

Vic Carucci of ClevelandBrowns.com hears similar things: “As others have reported, I hear there is work to be done to get a new CBA. However, I do think optimism accompanies the humidity in the air.”

Alex Marvez of FoxSports.com writes that no conference call has been set up yet for NFLPA* reps.

Get ready for a long day of waiting and updates here at PFT.