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♪ i need a hero ♪ ♪ i need a hero ♪ ♪ i'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night ♪ love stories about the gridiron. so here's one for you. to a high school football player who's turning his passion for the game into the fight of his life and he's getting a whole lot of attention. >> this player from texas isn't just racking up football awards. he's also battling cancer. ktrk's art rascon has the story now from suburban houston. >> i go like four weeks where i go once a week and it's just a long day at the hospital getting chemo. >> reporter: addison marshall will head b...

Education. the two parties should be able to work it out without the president of the united states intervening. >> reporter: a work stoppage would mean no spring practice, no free agency deals and potentially no 2011 season. >> everybody's concern is, where is the timetable from here and where does it go? >> reporter: two main issues. first, money. how to divide up the nfl's annual revenue of about $9 billion. the second issue is the schedule. the league wants to add two more regular season games for a total of 18. the players say that increases their risk of injury and they deserve additiona...

Will there be a hail mary pass before time runs out? at midnight tonight the current nfl labor contract expires. what happens next is it looks likely the team owners will move to lock out the players. that means no spring practice, no free agency deals and potentially no 2011 season this fall. both sides have been meeting here in washington for over a week, trying to avert the nfl's first work stoppage since 1987. >> if we don't get it done, we know that we'll have let them down. >> reporter: at the heart of the standoff, two key issues. first, money. the nfl's annual revenue is about $9 billi...

60% of the league's $9 billion in annual revenue. but team owners say that's unsustainable given the economic downturn. they want to reduce the players' share by 9% to 18%. the second issue is the schedule. the league wants to add two more regular season games for a total of 18. the players say that increases their risk of injury and they deserve compensation. also at stake, local economies. >> we're not talking about, you know, penalizing players only. i mean, this is going to hurt, you know, your parking lot attendants, your restaurants, your hotels, everybody in your city, you know, hurts w...

>> reporter: the standoff centers around two key issues. first, revenue sharing. nfl players currently receive 60% of the league's $9 billion in annual revenue. but team owners say that's unsustainable given the economic downturn. they want to reduce the players' share by 9% to 18%. the second issue is the schedule. the league wants to add two more regular season games for a total of 18. the players say that increases their risk of injury and they deserve compensation. also at stake, local economies. >> we're not talking about, you know, penalizing players only. i mean, this is going to hurt, ...