years, they get to keep their pensions. that was a big battle for them. and you can start asking the question -- what do the owners and commissioners really gain by making their league, you know, the butt of many jokes for the past several weeks. >> jason, as far as you can tell right now what was the main sticking point in terms of why the lockout began in the first place? we heard issues about obviously compensation, ability to bench the bad refs, what was the number one issue and how did they resolve it as far as what we know, we know this news is still breaking though? >> well, again, the pension was one of the big deals. also the league wanted to be able to add more officials which was going to reduce the overall compensation pool for all of the officials put together. they wanted to start raising a new crop of younger officials. that could help carry the legacy of officiating in this league. now, there was a compromise on that. where the owners were able to get some sort of developmental, some sort of developmental block of additional referees that would take part.