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AP source: NFL owners, players to meet again

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Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, right, talks with Jerry Richardson, owner of the Carolina Panthers, as they arrive for meetings in Rosemont Tuesday. Owners gathered to discuss the status of negotiations with the players for a new collective bargaining agreement. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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Jim Irsay, owner of the Indianapolis Colts, talks to reporters as he arrives for meetings in Rosemont Tuesday. NFL owners gathered to discuss the status of negotiations with the players for a new collective bargaining agreement.

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The next time NFL owners meet over labor, there is hope it will be to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement with the players. Don't get carried away thinking a deal is imminent. Optimism is in the air, for sure. That doesn't mean the end of the lockout is at hand.