critical stage of NFL talks to resume on tuesday

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Independence Day marked the 111th day of the NFL lockout. On Tuesday, the NFL's owners and players are scheduled to resume negotiations in New York as the sides try to come to an agreement to end the longest work stoppage in league history.

Based on some progress made last week in a critical negotiating session in Minneapolis, there is hope heading into this critical week. Owners and players are getting closer when it comes to agreeing on the division of revenue, sources told ESPN.com's John Clayton.

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With Chief Magistrate Arthur Boylan stressing urgency in mediation, the percentage of revenues offered by the owners, according to sources, rose to around 46 percent.

Last Thursday, player sources told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen that last week's talks were trending "backwards" as owners reneged on a simplified formula that would have given players 48 percent of all revenue. However, talks continued between the two sides late into the night and resumed again Friday before the sides ended talks before the holiday weekend.

 

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