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INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 02: NFLPA President Kevin Mawae speaks during a press conference held by the NFL Players Association at the Super Bowl XLVI Media Center in the J.W. Marriott Indianapolis on February 2, 2012 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Kevin Mawae, NFLPA president, left, Drew Brees, NFL New Orleans Saints quaterback, center left, Roger Goodell, NFL commissioner, center right, and Robert Kraft, owner, NFL New England Patriots, right, walk out of the NFL Players Association headquarters to speak with reporters in Washington,...

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Kevin Mawae, president of the NFL Players Association Executive Committee, left, arrives at the NFL Players Association in Washington, Monday, July 25, 2011.

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NFL Players Association president Kevin Mawae departs after a day of player representative meetings at the National Football League Players Association headquarters in Washington July 20, 2011. NFL players and owners were reviewing a proposed collective bargaining agreement on Wednesday...

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NFL Players Association president Kevin Mawae leaves the NFL Players Association offices in Washington, on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, where talks were talking place to end the NFL football lockout. A person familiar with the NFL negotiations told The Associated Press that players would...

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NFL Players Association President Kevin Mawae, left, speaks to reporters as he stands with NFL Players Association spokesman George Atallah, right, outside the NFL Players Association offices in Washington, Wednesday, July 20, 2011. An end to the NFL lockout appears close, with both...

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Kevin Mawae, left, president of the NFL Players Association, and DeMaurice Smith, Executive Director, NFL Players Association leave the NFL Players Association offices where talks to end the NFL football lockout have been taking place, Tuesday, July 19, 2011, in Washington.

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NFL Players Association President Kevin Mawae, center, arrives at the NFL Players Association offices in Washington, Tuesday, July 19, 2011, as talks to end the NFL football lockout continue.

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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 09: Kevin Mawae, NFLPA president, talks on a cell phone outside of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service building for extended labor negotiations March 9, 2011 in Washington, DC. Representatives from the National Football League (NFL) and National...

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Kevin Mawae, president of the NFL Players Association, leaves after negotiations with the NFL involving a federal mediator in Washington, Wednesday, March 9, 2011.

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WASHINGTON - MARCH 9: Kevin Mawae (L), NFLPA president, and DeMaurice Smith (R), NFL Players Association Executive Director, walk to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service building for extended labor negotiations March 9, 2011 in Washington, DC. Representatives from the...

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Kevin Mawae, president of the NFL Players Association, left, and DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association, arrive for negotiations with the NFL involving a federal mediator in Washington, Wednesday, March 9, 2011.

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Kevin Mawae, former player and president of the NFL Players Association, pauses as he leaves after negotiations with the NFL involving a federal mediator in Washington, Tuesday, March 8, 2011.

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Kevin Mawae, former player and president of the NFL Players Association, walks to negotiations with the NFL involving a federal mediator in Washington, Tuesday, March 8, 2011.

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DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association, left, and Kevin Mawae, president of the NFL Players Association, depart the NFL football labor talks with a mediator in Washington, Thursday, March 3, 2011.

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Kevin Mawae, NLFPA president, left, DeMaurice Smith, NFLPA executive director, and NFL spokesman Greg Aiello, leave after football labor negotiations with the NFL involving a federal mediator in Washington, Thursday, March 3, 2011.

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NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith, left in whiten coat, arrives for football labor negotiations with the NFL involving a federal mediator in Washington Thursday, March 3, 2011, with New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, center rear facing camera, and Kevin...

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NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, right, and NFLPA President Kevin Mawae, prepare to announce to reporters that they have reached a deal with the NFL, Monday, July 25, 2011, outside the NFL Players Association headquarters in Washington, Monday, July 25, 2011.

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FILE - in this March 9, 2011 file phot, Kevin Mawae, president of the NFL Players Association, talks with the media as he leaves after negotiations with the NFL involving a federal mediator in Washington. Mawae believes there will be football in 2011. Speaking in front of nearly 100...

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Jeff Pash, NFL executive vice president and general counsel, left, Kevin Mawae, president of the NFL Players Association, DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association, and NFL spokesman Greg Aiello cross the street together for negotiations involving a federal mediator...

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NFL outside labor counsel Bob Batterman, left, Jeff Pash, NFL executive vice president and general counsel, Kevin Mawae, president of the NFL Players Association, DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association, and NFL spokesman Greg Aiello, talk as they wait to cross...