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DeMaurice Smith meets with agents

Updated: February 25, 2011, 5:59 PM ET
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INDIANAPOLIS -- The NFL Players Association doesn't want a lockout. It wants a deal.

On Friday, union executive director DeMaurice Smith and four of the league's most prominent agents put on a unified front at the league's annual scouting combine. The hope is the union and the NFL can agree on a new collective bargaining agreement before the current one expires next week.

If they can't, a lockout could begin next Friday.

"We want a deal and our hope is it will get done as quickly ...

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