NEW YORK, June 15 (UPI) -- Negotiators for NFL team owners and locked-out players have been meeting this week on a new collective bargaining agreement, the league confirmed Wednesday.
A statement released by the NFL said Commissioner Roger Goodell and a contingent of team owners met with player representatives this week and indicated the sessions "will continue."
The statement said details of the talks would be kept secret under instructions issued by a federal mediator, Chief Magistrate Judge Arthur Boylan.
Goodell, as well as team owners Jerry Richardson (Carolina), Clark Hunt (Kansas City), Robert Kraft (New England), John Mara (New York Giants) and Dean Spanos (San Diego), attended the meetings representing the NFL.
Representing the players were DeMaurice Smith, Kevin Mawae, Domonique Foxworth, Tony Richardson, Jeff Saturday and Brian Waters.
The NFL Network reported a session was held Wednesday on Maryland's Eastern Shore and quoted unnamed sources as saying the talks remain productive and are moving forward, but that a resolution to the 3-month-old lockout was not imminent.
