With yet another deadline approaching, NFL players and owners still were debating drug testing, benefits and the player-conduct policy disciplinary process as they work to complete the collective bargaining agreement.

The NFL and the players union were finalizing those issues yesterday, with the league year scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. (EDT) today. That’s when players who signed new contracts will be allowed to practice for the first time if the players approve the CBA.

Among the players’ concerns is how HGH testing would be implemented, who would oversee it and what would be a fair appeals process.