NFL players across the league returned to work on Friday at the same time as the league pushed for a reinstatement of the lockout.Athletes worked out, chatted with coaches and picked up new playbooks as NFL teams began implementing rules for complying with a judge's order to halt a lockout that came into effect seven weeks ago after collective bargaining talks broke down.
"It just feels good to come home, so to speak, and get back to football," Selvish Capers, who was among a dozen players at the Washington Redskins facilities, told the Washington Post.
"It makes it easier to prepare for the season, being that our coaches are here and we have all the fields and equipment we need here."
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, a plaintiff in the players' antitrust lawsuit against the owners, told CNBC he was pleased players could return to work and also confident there would be a 2011 season.
"There are too many players and too many owners that want it," said Brady. "There needs to be compromise.
"There are going to be a lot of talks that take place, a lot of negotiating sessions, and hopefully a lot of compromise comes from that."
More instructions were expected from the league later on Friday on how teams should deal with player signings, trades, terminations and tryouts without a a collective agreement.
At the same time as players returned to work, the NFL was hoping the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals would make a ruling to reinstate the lockout. A decision was pending, according to court officials.
The NFL appealed U.S. District Court Judge Susan Richard Nelson's granting of an injunction against the lockout and her subsequent decision to deny the league's request for a stay of the ruling.
The legal wrangling could take months before a resolution, experts have said. At issue between owners and players is how to divide the $9 billion in revenue America's most popular sport takes in each year.
"It just feels good to come home, so to speak, and get back to football," Selvish Capers, who was among a dozen players at the Washington Redskins facilities, told the Washington Post.
"It makes it easier to prepare for the season, being that our coaches are here and we have all the fields and equipment we need here."
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, a plaintiff in the players' antitrust lawsuit against the owners, told CNBC he was pleased players could return to work and also confident there would be a 2011 season.
"There are too many players and too many owners that want it," said Brady. "There needs to be compromise.
"There are going to be a lot of talks that take place, a lot of negotiating sessions, and hopefully a lot of compromise comes from that."
More instructions were expected from the league later on Friday on how teams should deal with player signings, trades, terminations and tryouts without a a collective agreement.
At the same time as players returned to work, the NFL was hoping the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals would make a ruling to reinstate the lockout. A decision was pending, according to court officials.
The NFL appealed U.S. District Court Judge Susan Richard Nelson's granting of an injunction against the lockout and her subsequent decision to deny the league's request for a stay of the ruling.
The legal wrangling could take months before a resolution, experts have said. At issue between owners and players is how to divide the $9 billion in revenue America's most popular sport takes in each year.
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