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MINNEAPOLIS (AP)\u2014Finally, the NFL is getting back to football.<\/p>\n

Five days after a federal judge declared the lockout was illegal and nearly seven weeks after it began, the NFL said players can talk with coaches, work out at team headquarters and look at their playbooks.<\/p>\n

The NFL said all of that can begin Friday, when it is also expected to release detailed guidelines for free agency, trades and other roster moves in the absence of a collective bargaining agreement.<\/p>\n

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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell leaves the federal courthouse in Minneapolis last week.
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\u201cThat\u2019s great news,\u201d said linebacker Joe Mays<\/a>(notes)<\/a>,<\/span> one of 10 Denver Broncos<\/a> players who showed up at the team\u2019s headquarters Thursday. \u201cIt\u2019s something we\u2019ve been trying to do, get back to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was a welcome step forward on a day members of the Tennessee Titans<\/a> showed up to find two armed security guards at their locked-up facility, no sign of their new coach. New players in particular will benefit from the new guidelines.<\/p>\n

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Place your vote on Grudge Judge<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThese rookies, there\u2019s a lot going on for them,\u201d New York Giants<\/a> center Shaun O\u2019Hara<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> said. \u201cSo any info they can get, any things they can study, is good. If the lockout happens again, they\u2019ll have plenty to study from their teams.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s certainly what the NFL wants.<\/p>\n

The league has asked the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis to restore the lockout as soon as possible. The court is considered a friendlier venue for businesses than the federal courts in Minnesota.<\/p>\n

The NFL wants an immediate stay of U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson\u2019s decision on Monday to lift the 45-day lockout so it can argue that it should be overturned altogether. The players were told to respond to the league\u2019s motion for a stay by midday Friday, and the NFL\u2019s reply to that is due on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

Michael Gans, the appeals court clerk, said a three-judge panel for the appeal had not been set.<\/p>\n

At least now, four days after Nelson lifted the lockout, there are guidelines to follow.<\/p>\n

Mandatory minicamps and voluntary offseason practices can begin under rules of the collective bargaining agreement that expired March 11. Team-supervised workouts will count toward bonuses in player contracts, and players can also work out on their own at team facilities if they have health insurance in place.<\/p>\n

The league will arrange for substance abuse and steroid programs to resume, and players can participate in team-sponsored community and charity functions.<\/p>\n

Agent Angelo Wright said he has told players under contract not to worry about visiting headquarters this weekend out of fairness to the teams so they can focus on the draft. He said they should plan to show up on Monday, and said he\u2019d start calling team executives about unsigned players as soon as Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Agent Drew Rosenhaus said he\u2019d like for signings and trades to take place during the draft, which runs through Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been calling teams, and I\u2019ve been told they\u2019ve been advised by the NFL to hold off on signings or trades until further notice,\u201d Rosenhaus said.<\/p>\n

Attorneys for the players said the decision to lift the lockout \u201cis in full, immediate force.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is our view that the NFL and the clubs will be in contempt of court if they do not comply with the order,\u201d lawyers James Quinn and Jeffrey Kessler wrote in a memo to players.<\/p>\n

Quinn, in a tersely worded letter to NFL attorney Gregg Levy, said the players were tired of waiting and even accused the league of \u201cgranting itself a temporary stay\u201d of Nelson\u2019s order when doors didn\u2019t open right away for football activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess if you\u2019re a billionaire, you can tell a judge no,\u201d said Green Bay Packers<\/a> cornerback Charles Woodson<\/a>(notes)<\/a>,<\/span> who was at a charity event in Ann Arbor, Mich.<\/p>\n

In its 23-page motion, the league reiterated three arguments it unsuccessfully made to Nelson: that she had no jurisdiction while a bad-faith negotiation charge against the players is pending with the National Labor Relations Board; that federal law prevents the court from overseeing cases stemming from labor disputes; and that it shouldn\u2019t be subject to antitrust claims with the CBA barely expired.<\/p>\n

Now the fight will be taken up by the 8th Circuit. The league even proposed a timeline: a written opening argument due May 10, the same due for the players May 24, the NFL\u2019s reply due May 31 and a hearing after that \u201cas soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

That would stretch the legal fight well into June, a month before training camps and only weeks before the first scheduled preseason game on Aug. 8.<\/p>\n

Tony Richardson<\/a>(notes)<\/a>,<\/span> a 17-year veteran and a free agent, said there was still uncertainty.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s still a situation where guys cannot be sure what\u2019s next, but I think we\u2019re headed in the right direction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Added Mays: \u201cEverybody\u2019s tired of sitting around, laying around. We\u2019ve had enough of that. Now, we\u2019re trying to get back to business.\u201d<\/p>\n

AP Football Writer Barry Wilner and AP Sports Writers John Wawrow, Teresa M. Walker, R.B. Fallstrom, Steven Wine, Larry Lage and Jon Krawczynski contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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