FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2011, file photo, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, left, and NFLPA Executive Director Demaurice Smith exchange papers as they sign their collective bargaining agreement at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. The NFL Players Association filed a complaint Wednesday, May 23, 2012, in federal court accusing the league of colluding to impose a secret salary cap during the uncapped 2010 season. (AP Photo/Phil Long, File)
** FILE ** New York Giants owner John Mara, center, speaks during a news conference at the NFL Players Association in Washington, Monday, July 25, 2011, after the NFL Players Association executive board and 32 team reps voted unanimously Monday to approve the terms of a deal with owners to the end the 4½-month lockout. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Kevin Mawae, president of the NFL Players Association, said in a statement Friday morning that players were discussing the NFL's most recent proposal. Players have yet to approve the 10-year collective bargaining agreement approved by the owners. When they do, the lockout will be lifted. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Vonnie Holliday with the Washington Redskins leaves the NFL Players Association on Wednesday, as talks to end the NFL lockout continued. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Retired NFL football player Cornelius Bennett arrives at the NFL Players Association offices in Washington on Tuesday as talks to end the NFL lockout contnue. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
NFL Players Association spokesman George Atallah (right) said Monday in Washington that players are hoping to "have something to look at." (Associated Press)
Former Tennessee Titans center and NFL Players Association President Kevin Mowae, right, enters a Manhattan law office, Friday, July 8, 2011, in New York. Members of the NFL Players' Association executive board and owners are meeting in hopes of resolving a lockout that began in March. Baltimore Ravens cornerback Domonique Foxworth is at left. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
Former Tennessee Titans center and NFL Players Association President Kevin Mowae, right, enters a Manhattan law office, Friday, July 8, 2011, in New York. Members of the NFL Players' Association executive board and owners are meeting in hopes of resolving a lockout that began in March. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
DeMaurice Smith, the executive director of the NFL Players Association, shown here talking to reporters outside the federal courthouse after a hearing in April, made a graduation speech at the University of Maryland that compared the players' lockout fight against the owners to the detractors the students will face in their future.
