WASHINGTON (AP)—Mediated negotiations toward a new NFL labor deal have broken up for the day after about eight hours of talks.
NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith didn’t stop for questions as he left the Washington office of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, a U.S. government agency, shortly after 6 p.m. He and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell both arrived at about 10 a.m.
Sunday is the third consecutive day of face-to-face communication after months of slow and sometimes contentious bargaining.
Because mediator George Cohen asked both sides not to comment publicly on these negotiations, it’s not clear what, if any, progress is being made.
The NFL’s labor deal expires at the end of the day March 3.
