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Judge David Doty has agreed to hear arguments on Sept. 6 regarding the NFL Players Association's claim that the league and its owners conspired in collusion to establish a "secret $123 million salary cap" in 2010.

The union filed a federal lawsuit against the NFL, alleging that the league and its owners conspired in collusion to establish a "secret $123 million salary cap" in 2010, which under the previous labor agreement was designated as an uncapped year.

The Philadelphia Eagles voted unanimously Thursday to authorize the NFL Players Association to decertify as a union, if it is deemed necessary next March when the current labor agreement expires, according to a union source.

The NFL Players Association has settled the Herb Adderley lawsuit for an amount just short of the $28.1 million that retired players were awarded in a judgment last November, according to sources.