“Maybe a tax break? Or maybe a two or three month period of the year where players are able to go part time, and they’re given much better expenses to play games. The further they go, the more expenses they get.”

In case you missed it, the GPA had quite the tea party in Boston last Friday evening, writes John Fogarty.

The four-and-a-half-month NFL lockout came to an end today after the players’ union and 32 team owners reached an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement.