The sides in the NFL's labor dispute are amenable to rolling the remaining issues that are most problematic -- the settlement of the Brady vs. NFL antitrust lawsuit and the television "lockout insurance" damages case -- into a global settlement, sources familiar with the talks told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. A global settlement would mean that those two cases, along with the retired players' lawsuit and all other legal issues, would be dropped if the players ratify a new collective bargaining agreement, which is expected to cover the next 10 seasons. That would be the quickest way to get the lockout lifted. If the remaining legal issues are not rolled into a global settlement, it would be a very bad sign, potentially even stopping progress. Read more: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/6779666/lockout-nfl-nflpa-want-global-settlement-sources-say
