ROSEMONT, Ill., June 21 (UPI) -- NFL team owners are considering a proposal for a new collective bargaining agreement with players, multiple reports indicated Tuesday.
The owners, who met at a hotel near O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, are considering a deal that would give players 48 percent of all league revenue, with a floor of 46.5 percent, ESPN reported, citing league sources it did not name.
The broadcaster said the deal would include a rookie wage scale as well as a 16-game Thursday night television deal starting in 2012.
The Washington Post reported the proposal was well received, with only a few owners objecting to it.
Some of the growing revenue pie would be dedicated to Improved benefits for retirees.
Players have been locked out of training camps since March 12. Their representatives and the owners' labor committee have met several times to negotiate in the last three weeks under court-appointed mediator Judge Arthur Boylan.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Tuesday said the continued meetings were a "tremendous positive."
