IRVING, Texas -- Beginning Friday, players will receive money from the NFL Players Association's lockout fund, but Dallas Cowboys All-Pro linebacker DeMarcus Ware has decided to take a pass.

In the middle of a $79 million extension that guarantees him $40 million, Ware will not take any money during the lockout so it can be spread among players who are more in need.

"I think it builds a unity," said Ware, who is one of Dallas' player representatives, "and lets guys know there are players out there with you, who will give up their $60,000, that this is a brotherhood, this is a fraternity."