21.   Once an impasse has been declared by the National Labor Relations Board, the owners have the legal right to unilaterally impose their last offer on the table.

22.   So much so that she is now requiring them to seek court permission before declaring an impasse in negotiations.

23.   Talks between the two sides were in a state of virtual collapse, and the owners were poised to declare an impasse and implement a salary cap.

24.   The committee, Selig said, will not deal with the decision the clubs must make on declaring an impasse in negotiations and implementing their salary cap proposal.

25.   The football players and the Clinton Justice Department, however, argue that multi-employer groups should lose their antitrust exemption when bargaining ends and an impasse has been declared.

26.   The law would also require negotiators for the municipalities and the police and fire unions to meet at least three times before declaring an impasse.

27.   The management group went to Chicago, where the owners voted Thursday to wait one more week before declaring an impasse in negotiations and implementing a salary cap.

28.   The lawyers suggested that if the owners declared an impasse, they would do so with potentially great legal risk.

29.   The owners are expected to declare an impasse and impose the salary cap.

30.   The owners must wait until a new agreement is signed to institute revenue sharing and wait until after the season to declare impasse and impose a salary cap.