After four days of negotiations under the watch of George Cohen, the director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, little news has been available to the public. Both the NFL and the NFLPA have adhered to Cohen’s request to avoid making public comments.
Player rep Charlie Batch, from the Pittsburgh Steelers, suggested that progress was being made, simply by virtue of the talks continuing.
“Any time you talk,” Batch said, “you have to feel better.”