AP: NFL player union has votes to recertify
As of Saturday morning the NFL player's union had enough votes to recertify. This recertification was a necessary condition of the collective bargaining agreement reached last week. Although the union has been recertified, the lockout lifted, and teams have been able to sign free agents, the labor deal is not done yet.
See "AP: NFL player union has votes to recertify", USA Today, July 31, 2011