NFL: players ' will be treated with courtesy if show for work

NFL teams girded for the arrival of potential players in their facilities Tuesday, a day after a federal judge invalidated the League's lockout.

The ruling has left the NFL in a legal limbo, just as the NFL filed an appeal and stated a desire to seek a stay on the ruling that would allow the shutdown to continue while the appeal is considered.

Still, players who were out of work since the March 12 – some mindful of workout bonuses paid for offseason appearances-said that would show for work. And the League said it would allow inside buildings, even if that is the extent of hospitality.

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"If a player comes to the plant, which will be treated with courtesy and respect," NFL spokesman Greg aiello told NFL.com.

Carolina Panthers K John kasay showed up at the headquarters of team early Tuesday. "We're just walking through the process," he told the AP after an apparition of about 10 minutes.

Elsewhere, New York Jets G Brandon Moore and Washington Redskins DL Lorenzo Alexander were among the other players who reported to the team.

Aiello told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that the League needs more information before approving the Court activity.

"Team Leaders will talk to players who are at the facility," he told the newspaper. "We see football activity taking place until there is further clarification from the legal proceedings."

Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark was one of several players around the League in favor of his fellow players show up for work and take advantage of a judge of the District Court of the United States Susan Richard Nelson invalidating the lockout.

"We want to show that this is not a process of litigation, but an attempt to have football in 2011," Clark said the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.

New York Giants DL Chris Canty told NFL.com who planned "definitively" on shows for the job.

But James quinn, class counsel in antitrust suit against the NFL players, warned that a return to normalcy will not be quite so quickly. NFL must be given time to prepare the logistics and to decide on a strategy of appeal.

'' By law, we must give him a day or two to let the dust settle and see if a gets on the spot and then I will decide what happens next, '' Quinn told USA today.

NFL owners would still need to impose work rules--since there is no collective agreement-first League can start the year.

Ben leber, LB that was with the Vikings last year and is now a free agent, said Nfl ruling post-NFL is unchartered territory Nelson.

"We are in a ' Wild West ' now," said Leber. "Football is back in business, but guess what? There is no rule. There is a lot of positive, but there is also a lot of negatives. "

Update, 8: 59 a.m. ET: Washington Redskins DL lorenzo Alexander said the Washington Examiner that GM Bruce Allen told him that he couldn't work out when he reported for work.

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