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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees answers a question concerning the lockout of NFL football players, at a news conference for a charity golf tournament in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., Wednesday, March 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees answers a question concerning the lockout of NFL football players, at a news conference for a charity golf tournament in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., Wednesday, March 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

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FILE - This Oct. 31, 2010, file photo shows Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant during an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, in Dallas. Bryant apparently began living the lifestyle of a wealthy professional athlete months before he became a first-round draft pick, loading up on gold and diamond jewelry plus tickets to watch LeBron James play, all on the promise of paying for it once he signed with an NFL team. (AP Photo/Sharon Ellman, File)

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This photo made March 12, 2011 shows Tommy Zbikowski, left, a safety for the Baltimore Ravens NFL team, trading punches with Richard Bryant, during their heavyweight boxing match at The MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Since there's no telling when the NFL lockout will end, guys are finding all sorts of ways to keep busy. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison)

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FILE - This March 23, 2011, file photo shows NFL star Chad Ochocinco kicking around the ball during a tryout with Sporting Kansas City MLS soccer team, , in Kansas City, Mo. Since there's no telling when the NFL lockout will end, guys are finding all sorts of ways to keep busy. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)

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NFL star Chad Ochocinco is kicking around the idea of playing soccer with Sporting Kansas City, but he hasn't had an easy start. (Associated Press)

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NFL star Chad Ochocinco reacts after missing a shot on goal during a four-day tryout with the Sporting Kansas City MLS soccer team, Wednesday, March 23, 2011, in Kansas City, Mo. With the NFL in a lockout, Ochocinco, a wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, has said that it is a good time to check into another sport. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

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NFL star Chad Ochocinco answers a question from the media as he takes a break during a four-day tryout with the Sporting Kansas City MLS soccer team, Wednesday, March 23, 2011, in Kansas City, Mo. With the NFL in a lockout, Ochocinco, a wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, has said that it is a good time to check into another sport. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

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NFL star Chad Ochocinco warms up before a reserve soccer match as part of his tryout with the Sporting Kansas City MLS soccer team, Monday, March 28, 2011, in Kansas City, Mo. With the NFL in a lockout, Ochocinco, a wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, has said that it is a good time to check into another sport. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2011 file photo, Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita, left, and NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, walk to an NFL/NFLPA mediation session at Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service headquarters in Washington. NFL players have been warned for years about the need to save and the importance of budgeting their money in case of a work stoppage. Well, the lockout is here. All the players have taken a bit of a financial hit already because of the lockout: NFL teams no longer are paying for their health insurance. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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FILE- In this Nov. 10, 1986 file photo, Houston Oilers' Drew Hill, left, goes high to make a catch as Cincinnati Bengals' Ray Horton defends during an NFL football game in Houston. An Atlanta hospital spokesman says Hill, a two-time Pro Bowler who was part of the Oilers' famed "Run and Shoot" offense of the 1980s, died Saturday, March 19, 2011. (AP Photo/R. Carson, File)

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FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2010 file photo, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco (85) looks on before an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Indianapolis. Never short on publicity-grabbing ideas, Ochocinco is set for a four-day tryout with Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer starting Tuesday, March 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

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FILE - This Jan. 25, 2011, file photo shows Ray Anderson, the NFL league's chief disciplinarian, addressess the media during a Pro Bowl NFL football news conference at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, in Honolulu. The NFL will be more aggressive in suspending players next season for illegal hits, and also could make changes to instant replay and kickoffs. Anderson says repeat offenders or players committing flagrant illegal hits will have a much greater chance of being suspended during the 2011 season. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner, File)

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FILE - In photo taken Jan. 2, 2011, Minnesota Vikings' Ben Leber walks off the field following their NFL football game against the Detroit Lions in Detroit. As one of the plaintiffs listed on the players' lawsuit against the NFL, Leber is pretty well versed in the collective bargaining situation. But even he admits that there are times he's had to go online to legal websites to look up the meanings of some of the words he's heard bandied about. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

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FILE - In photo taken Jan. 2, 2011, Minnesota Vikings' Ben Leber walks off the field following their NFL football game against the Detroit Lions in Detroit. As one of the plaintiffs listed on the players' lawsuit against the NFL, Leber is pretty well versed in the collective bargaining situation. But even he admits that there are times he's had to go online to legal websites to look up the meanings of some of the words he's heard bandied about. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

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FILE-This Jan. 16, 2011 file photo shows New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady looking downfield during the second half of an NFL divisional playoff football game against the New York Jets in Foxborough, Mass. Brady, along with Drew Brees and Peyton Manning, was among the players who have filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NFL to prevent a lockout. Just after the players' union decertified Friday March 11, 2011, the players filed suit against the NFL in U.S. District Court, seeking class-action against the league. They also filed a request for an injunction that would keep the NFL and the teams from engaging in a lockout. Also included in the lawsuit are Vincent Jackson, Ben Leber, Logan Mankins, Brian Robison, Osi Umenyiora, Mike Vrabel, and Texas A&M linebacker Von Miller, who is entered in this year's draft. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa,File)