Packers tell players "Be prepared to show up on Saturday"

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Who cares whether they talk or not? Only the league and only officially. There was always a decent chance the season would be saved...why should teams risk being behind when no one is going to enforce some arbitrary rule about talking to their own players. The whole "don't talk to the players" notion was made with a wink and a nod anyways. The lockout only really mattered as a lockout as long as the threat to the season existed...hence the last minute deal that is going down. The other aspects of the lockout were only machinations for the most part. Talk or not talk...no matter from a labor negotiation standpoint.