Rather than address the challenge of improving the collective-bargaining agreement for the benefit of the game, the union-financed lawsuit attacks virtually every aspect of the current system including the draft, the salary cap and free-agency rules, which collectively have been responsible for the quality and popularity of the game for nearly two decades.

WSJ: Roger Goodell: Football's Future If the Players Win

And the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee continues its inquiry into the quality of legislation - would vetting of bills by a Legislative Standards Commission force government departments to draft better laws?

BBC: Week ahead

Perhaps the most striking characteristics of today's agreement - which amends a draft first published in 2010 - is that banks will be allowed to include corporate bonds, some shares and high-quality residential mortgage backed securities in their permitted stocks of liquid assets.

BBC: Banks agree minimum liquidity rules