By Mike Donnelly
NFLPLAYERS.COM

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a professional sport where league owners are threatening to lock out players, making sure there’s a level playing field in labor negotiations is paramount.

On Wednesday, 25 NFL players visited Capitol Hill to meet with members of Congress to let them know what is happening in their game and in negotiations with the NFL for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. Ultimately, the main goal of the players was to gain the lawmakers’ support in preventing NFL owners from imposing a lockout after next season.


The group of players who participated in the Capitol Hill visit besides Akers and Mawae were: Charlie Batch (Pittsburgh), John Booty (retired), Jason Brown (St. Louis), Ricky Brown (Oakland), Greg Camarillo (Miami),Kevin Carter (retired), Eugene Chung (retired), Danny Clark (N.Y. Giants), Rashied Davis (Chicago), Greg Ellis (Oakland), Brian Finneran (Atlanta), Robbie Gould (Chicago), Nolan Harrison (retired), Pete Kendall (retired), Chester Pitts (Houston), Antwaan Randle El (Washington), DeMeco Ryans (Houston), Adam Terry (Baltimore), Joe Thomas (Cleveland), DeShea Townsend (Pittsburgh), DeWayne White (Detroit), Chris Wilson (Washington) and Eric Winston (Houston).