National Football League

NFL owners discuss labor issues

Published Feb. 6, 2010 12:00 a.m. ET

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NFL owners have met for several hours to discuss the labor situation, although it appears they are no closer to reaching an agreement with the players' union for a new collective bargaining agreement.

League spokesman Greg Aiello said that "everything is status quo. Nothing new to report."

Some of the owners listened to a presentation by NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith on Saturday as the two sides try to avoid a lockout in 2011, when the current labor pact expires.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said during his state-of-the-league address Friday that fans "expect solutions ... and we should deliver."

Goodell said he and the league's owners want an agreement and it's "absolutely false" that owners would want to see a work stoppage.