WASHINGTON (AP) – NFL Players Association spokesman George Atallah says the union and the NFL owners didn’t meet face-to-face on Thursday, with just a day left before their labor contract expires.
He said union officials were heading home, but would return for talks, if asked by the mediator.
With the twice-extended collective bargaining agreement due to expire Friday, nine of the 10 members of the owners’ labor committee were at the office of the federal mediator overseeing negotiations.
NFLPA leader DeMaurice Smith, union lawyers and several active or former players arrived at the mediator’s office in the morning, then left a few hours later.
It is common for the sides to meet separately with the mediator.
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