FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2011 file photo, Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita, left, and NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, walk to an NFL/NFLPA mediation session at Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service headquarters in Washington. NFL players have been warned for years about the need to save and the importance of budgeting their money in case of a work stoppage. Well, the lockout is here. All the players have taken a bit of a financial hit already because of the lockout: NFL teams no longer are paying for their health insurance. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, center, speaks with reporters as negotiations between the NFL owners and players go unresolved, at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in Washington, Friday, March 11, 2011. Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson looks on at second left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Washington Redskins General Manager Bruce Allen arrives at the Washington offices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service for contract negotiations with the NFL Players Association, Thursday, March 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, center, speaks with reporters as negotiations between the NFL owners and players go unresolved, at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in Washington, Friday, March 11, 2011. Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson looks on at second left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith exits an NFL/NFLPA mediation session at Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service headquarters in Washington, Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
FILE - In this March 20, 2010, file photo, George Cohen, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), appears in Washington. The NFL and its players' union agreed Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, to mediation in their labor dispute, two weeks before the collective bargaining agreement expires. The FMSCS, an independent U.S. government agency, will oversee negotiations in Washington beginning Friday. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)
