22:00 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nA US appeals court has put a “lockout” imposed National Football League (NFL) team owners back into effect, throwing the league into chaos.<\/p>\n
The decision came hours after players had returned to work, after a judge on Monday granted players a temporary injunction to end the lockout.<\/p>\n
The dispute began seven weeks ago after talks over collective bargaining rights and revenues broke down.<\/p>\n
The latest upset comes amid the draft, in which the 32 teams pick new players.<\/p>\n
The annual draft will continue over the weekend, but the college players chosen may find they cannot properly start their new careers with their new clubs.<\/p>\n
NFL team owners imposed the lockout, which is threatening the 2011 season, last month, the first labour stoppage in the sport since 1987.<\/p>\n
Before the latest ruling reimposing the lockout, many American football players had returned to their teams on Friday to meet their coaches and start training.<\/p>\n
But the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals in St Louis granted the league’s request for a temporary stay of the injunction issued on Monday that ended the lockout.<\/p>\n
The ruling will give the court time to consider the league’s request for an appeal against that injunction.<\/p>\n
Judge Susan Richard Nelson, who lifted the lockout, had said it was “inflicting irreparable harm” on the players.<\/p>\n
‘Fair agreement’<\/span><\/p>\nThe main sticking point in the dispute between the players and the teams is how to distribute the league’s $9bn (\u00a35.5bn) in annual revenues.<\/p>\n
Players for the NFL’s 32 teams currently receive 60% of the revenues, something the clubs’ owners see as too generous.<\/p>\n
The NFL takes $1.3bn for costs but it says these have risen steeply since the previous deal was struck in 2006 and it now wants to take $2.3bn, which would mean less money for the players.<\/p>\n
The players, whose careers are often cut short by injury, claim they deserve a bigger cut of the $9bn generated annually by the NFL.<\/p>\n
The talks also covered wages, drug testing, pension benefits, and plans to increase the number of regular-season games from 16 to 18.<\/p>\n
No team activities have taken place since the end of the 2010 season – at a time of year when spring and summer camps generally allow coaches to work with the players in readiness for the start of the 2011 season in September.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, attention has focused on the draft, which will continue through the weekend.<\/p>\n
The team with the worst record from the previous season selects first in the draft, with the second-worst team choosing second, and continuing through the teams. There are seven rounds of selections.<\/p>\n
First pick on Thursday was Auburn University quarterback Cam Newton, selected by the Carolina Panthers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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