House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, March 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
NFL outside labor counsel Bob Batterman, center, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, second from right, and Peter Ruocco, NFL senior vice president for Labor Relations, right, and others, arrive for football labor negotiations with the NFL players involving a federal mediator, Friday, March 4, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell arrives for football labor negotiations with the NFL players involving a federal mediator in Washington Thursday, March 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
NFL owners Robert Kraft, New England Patriots, left, talks with Jerry Jones, Dallas Cowboys, as NFL Roger Goodell, second from right, and John Mara, New York Giants, arrive for football labor negotiations with the NFL involving a federal mediator in Wednesday, March 2, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell arrives for labor talks as sessions with the league, the players' union and a federal mediator moved into a sixth day, in Washington Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell arrives for football labor negotiations with the NFL Players Association involving a federal mediator, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Washington Wizards center JaVale McGee, right, reaches for the ball in the hands of Indiana Pacers center Rob Hibbert in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell arrives for football labor negotiations with the NFL Players Association involving a federal mediator, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell arrives for the first negotiating session involving a federal mediator on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
