... NFL lockout is 108 days old and counting. For nearly four months now, the league's players and owners have been locked in a seemingly endless squabble about how to fairly divvy up a $9 billion pile of cash.

As you can see, it's taking a while to reach a compromise, and there is no end in sight.

In recent weeks, the word around the campfire was that the talks were going well. The vitriol that had ruled the negotiations in the weeks before and after the lockout's March 11 start date had all but disappeared, allowing the two sides to discuss very important matters with level heads.

This was proving to be quite useful.

This week, the prevailing notion of optimism ...

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