Could NFL lockout end on July 21?

I hope the lockout ends soon since weekly we are hearing of players getting arrested. They need to come together and make a deal. We need a distraction from all of these debt talks and football will help to calm our fears. Not to mention the amount of jobs that will be saved by the ending of the lockout.

If the NFL and its players continue to make progress toward a labor deal this week, a new collective bargaining agreement could be ratified at the next owners meeting July 21 in Atlanta.

According to a detailed report by ESPN, that would start a timeline in which free agency would open July 28, a scenario in which nearly all clubs could open training camp on time.

The report, which includes details like the expansion of rosters from 80 to 90 for at least the beginning of training camp, does leave the Hall of Fame Game between the Chicago Bears and St. Louis Rams Aug. 7 in Canton, Ohio, very much up in the air.

If a deal wasn't completed until July 21, it would make it difficult or nearly impossible for a team like the Bears, who are scheduled report to training camp at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Ill., the next day. The team's first practice would be July 23, and that could also be pushed back, which would not allow enough time to prepare for the extra preseason game. But the Bears and Rams would have full training camps, and the NFL would play 64 preseason games.

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