Round 4 of the "Secret" negotiations is over. Round 5 is bald-- perhaps on a s locale in your area.

The second day in Hull, Massachusetts, 18 miles south of Boston met with NFL owners and players, if they try to conclude a collective agreement.

"The players and owners were here in the last two days," said Commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday, when he next to player-Association Chairman DeMaurice Smith stand. "De and I were here for the entire sessions also." And it is complicated and it is complex, but we are working hard, and we understand the fans frustration. "But I think that we both feel strongly, that we go further hard work."

A League statement said that the pages will have more meetings. These talks are expected next week; in the last four weeks the owners and players outside of Chicago, New York and on the Bank of Maryland have before you hit the on the beach in New England.

Among the session owner John Mara of the New York Giants, Jerry Richardson of the were on Carolina Panthers, Clark Hunt the Kansas City Chiefs, Robert Kraft of the New England Patriots and Dean Spanos from the San Diego Chargers.

Smith was there together with several players, including Jeff Saturday of the Indianapolis Colts, Tony Richardson of the New York Jets and Dominique Foxworth of the Baltimore Ravens.

"Someone asked me whether I was optimistic," said Smith. "I think we are both optimistic if we have the right people in the room." We know we are talking about the right questions and that we work hard to done. "

The latest talks rather than closed in Nantasket Beach Resort and late Thursday afternoon.

Both sides have exchanged proposals on a variety of topics. The main theme was how the Erträge--9, $3 billion in the last year-split and League owners were informed this week on a plan that would give the players almost 50 percent of total income. An off-the-top cost credit of about $1 billion, which was the owner would be eliminated.

A rookie wage scale and a more detailed breakdown of the benefits for retired players are also discussed.

A long new GAV--between six and eight, would beispielsweise-- activate to turn the League to broadcast partners and negotiate more lucrative contracts.

"It is extremely complicated, it requires a lot of hard work by a lot of people, but we are committed to getting anything done, and we work on it keep," added Smith.

An element that has to support players of the CAP is to floor content team within 90% keep. Recently, especially in 2010 as there was no upper limit, whose revenue streams do not with the richer clubs to match not all spend, these teams has several teams in the vicinity of what.

The proposal would require to be full pay expenditure in cash.

"By our players repetitions, things sound really good," wide Rams receiver, said Mark Clayton. "From view of the players are kind of we are with what we want."

"We pretty much agreed what our [players Association] for fought on our behalf." It sounds like a lot, what we, apart from the finance required, she have been able to agree. "At this point we are only one waits a kind of the final authorization and just coasting..."

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