NFL Owners, Union Make No Headway
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Representatives of NFL owners and the players' union met yesterday in Indianapolis but failed to make any breakthroughs in negotiations on an extension of the sport's labor agreement.
The talks are scheduled to continue today, and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and St. Louis Rams President John Shaw are scheduled to join the owners' delegation.
NFL Players Association chief Gene Upshaw has set the end of this week as the deadline for completing a deal that would keep the sport's salary cap system in place beyond the 2006 season. The current labor deal would keep the salary cap in place through next season, then there would be a season without a salary cap in 2007 before the collective bargaining agreement expires. . . .
The New York Jets placed their franchise-player tag on defensive end John Abraham , limiting Abraham's mobility on the free agent market. The team likely will explore the possibility of trading him. If he stays with the Jets as their franchise player, he would have a salary of $8.332 million next season.
-- Mark Maske
