As the owners and players have been negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement, there has been no formal movement on the two topics that have dominated the talks, split of revenues and the cap system.

The owners could make a formal proposal on Tuesday, which would be the first in the negotiations since players added a sixth year to their proposal on June 30th.

"The reality is, until one side or the other is ready to make significant movement, nothing is going to happen," one of the people briefed on the talks said.