Updated Feb 28, 2011 6:25 PM ET

One of the least reported stories about the possible NFL player lockout is how the younger players will be able to earn money without football.

Players only get paid their yearly salary during the 17-week regular season.

They won’t receive workout bonuses, sometimes as high as $500,000, if there’s a work stoppage until training camps start. Offseason workouts generally start in March and end sometime in June. Roster bonuses that become due won’t be paid until there’s a new collective bargaining agreement.

In no surprise, players have been borrowing money.

According to Phillysportsdaily.com, Philadelphia Eagles defensive Brandon Graham has been approached by some of his teammates for some cash.

“100K,” said Graham, who just finished his first season in the league, when asked how much is the most players have asked to borrow from him.

“They try not to make it awkward, ” he said. “They’ll come to you like they’re joking, but they’re serious. They’re trying to feel you out, to see what you’ll say.”

Graham has yet to give any teammates money.

“I’ll be like, ‘What are you going to do with it, other than blow it?’ I don’t want to be beefing with guys on my team because they owe me money,” Graham said.

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Philadelphia Eagles owner and Forbes 400 member, Jeffrey Lurie, won an Oscar last night for his documentary, “Inside Job,” which detailed the 2008 global financial crisis. Lurie and his wife, Christina, produced the movie through their film company, Screen Pass Pictures. In a released statement, the Luries said they were “humbled” by the award.

Eagles fans, single-minded and not easily satisfied, would no doubt prefer a different trophy next year.

Lurie, who is worth $1 billion and has owned the Eagles since paying a then-record $195 million for the franchise in 1994, has had a long love affair with the silver screen. His grandfather, Phillip Smith, was the founder of General Cinema, a movie theater chain which once operated 620 screens across the nation. General Cinema was bought by AMC in 2002.

Lurie, 59, began his professional career as a social policy teacher at Boston University. But in 1985, he started his first film company, Chestnut Hill Productions. The film company was known for high-profile releases that were not necessarily considered artistic masterpieces. Among the films he produced:  the Kathleen Turner vehicle, “V.I. Warshawski” and Angelina Jolie’s first film, 1996’s “Foxfire.”

Lurie and his wife took a turn toward more serious filmmaking with Screen Pass Productions, and it’s paid off with an Oscar.

The NFC East is full of film-lovers. With his Academy Award, Lurie joins fellow NFC East owner, Steven Tisch (co-owner of the New York Giants), who won an Oscar for producing “Forrest Gump.” (Tisch also produced “Risky Business.”) Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder once dabbled in filmmaking, investing in Tom Cruise’s production company and getting a producer credit for the 2008 Cruise film, “Valkyrie.” And though he has yet to produce a movie, Dallas Cowboys owner, Jerry Jones, played himself in last season’s HBO series, “Entourage.”

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It may not be a Super Bowl, but Jeffrey Lurie won another nice trophy for his mantle on Sunday night. The Philadelphia Eagles owner was awarded an Oscar for his producing role on the film “Inside Job,” which won the Academy Award for best documentary.

Lurie and his wife Christina were listed as executive producers on the film, which explored the financial crisis in the United States. They financed $2 million of the film’s $4 million budget, which allowed director Charles Ferguson to begin the three-year project.

The Luries didn’t attend the show, leaving Ferguson and fellow producer Audrey Marrs to accept the award. Ferguson used the stage to point out that none of the executives featured in his film have gone to prison. Lurie and his wife were less controversial in their statement, released after the show:

“The Academy’s recognition of ‘Inside Job’ is a distinct honor. We are humbled by winning this Oscar and we are very proud of the outstanding work of Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs and the entire team associated with the movie. Our goal was to bring a fair and thoughtful presentation of the actions that led to the financial collapse and show how it has negatively impacted millions of lives across the globe. Many people are still suffering from this economic disaster and it is our hope that by understanding its root causes it can be better prevented in the future.”

The film was financed through a charitable foundation set up by Jeffrey and Christina. Its goal is to finance movies that examine difficult global issues in a balanced way. Any profit made by the films is then redistributed into the foundation to fund other worthy projects.

The easy joke here is that Lurie has an Oscar before a Lombardi, but we won’t go down that road. Instead, we’ll say that it’s a good thing Andy Reid didn’t direct the film or else the final two minutes would have been chaos.

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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) – February 26, 2011 (WPVI) – An African-American arts organization plans to honor Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick at a black-tie fundraising gala next month.

The Southeastern Virginia Arts Association will recognize Vick for bouncing back from his 23-month prison sentence for running a dogfighting operation. Vick, The Associated Press 2010 NFL Comeback Player of the Year, has done volunteer work with the Humane Society of the United States since his release from federal prison.

“Michael Vick is making strides to becoming a better citizen, and we can appreciate that,” the Norfolk-based arts group’s artistic director, Herb Williams, said Saturday. “It’s about looking at his history and coming together to see change is possible, and good things can come out of change.”

The organization says in a news release that the $100-per-person gala on March 26 is intended to honor individuals who have significantly contributed to the positive image and progress of African-American culture in the Hampton Roads community. Vick is a native of Newport News.

The release says Vick “has epitomized the meaning of ‘`hero’ not only by his unparalleled accomplishments on the gridiron, but more importantly, by his relentless resilience in overcoming the obstacles he has faced in his career.”

Along with Vick, attorney Carl C. La Mondue will be honored. Earlier this month, the mayor pro tem of Dallas caused a stir by giving Vick a “key to the city.” Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert distanced himself from the honor, saying it was presented without his approval.

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