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Players ignored that warning, choosing instead to dissolve its union, giving them a chance to win several billion dollars in triple damages in an antitrust lawsuit.

"There's not enough progress to get a deal done," Fisher said. "That's the disappointing part. We want to get back on the court."

He was asked how two people so close together for more than a decade - Williams was with Woods for 13 of his 14 majors over 13 years - could become so distant so quickly. Woods fired Williams in July.

Frazier won the heavyweight title in 1970 by stopping Jimmy Ellis in the fifth round of their fight at Madison Square Garden. He defended it successfully four times before George Foreman knocked him down six times in the first two rounds

But taking their fight to the courts with an antitrust lawsuit likely would mean missing the entire season, so both sides have said they believe bargaining is the best route to a deal.