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There were signs in both Denver and Dallas that picketing had lost its momentum. Management, meanwhile, obtained injunctions against striking players of the Philadelphia Eagles, Indianapolis Colts and Washington Redskins, who tried to keep non-striking players from practicing.

Not a single picket turned out in Denver as 57 replacement players took part in meetings and a practice session. After only about a dozen striking Broncos showed up to picket Thursday, Denver player representative Ricky Hunley told teammates to go home because negotiations appeared to be at a standstill.

Only 15 of the 43 striking Cowboys made it to the picket line in what player representative Doug Cosbie had hoped would be a massive show of force to “deliver a message” to the substitute players. Cosbie said some Cowboys “may be ready to cross the picket line.”

In Miami, however, about 25 striking Dolphins, joined by about 100 Teamsters, stormed past a police line to get into their St. Thomas University training camp.

Dolphin players, frustrated for the past two days by having to picket outside the university, marched for about 15 minutes just outside their locker room door, shouting insults at the players inside. They left after police told them they were trespassing.