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The NFL and its players are heading back to court, with a hearing scheduled for Friday at the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. As a decision isn't expected for at least another month, the NFL lockout most likely will drag on into the summer.

All the while, the players who normally at this time would be in camp, working out or otherwise engaged in OTA activities, are scattered all across the country looking to keep themselves occupied. Most are spending their time getting in shape by working with trainers and teammates. More than a handful have found the idle time too tempting for troublemaking, getting themselves arrested on charges ranging from theft, drug possession to assault.

Still others are finding interesting stuff to do, either out of curiosity, fulfillment or necessity. Chad Ochocinco (or is it back to Johnson yet?) has managed to stay in the news by trying out for a soccer team and riding a bull (very briefly), stuff he wouldn't otherwise be able to do if he were under contract. Tom Zbikowski and Ray Edwards have gone violent, legally, by getting into the boxing ring. At least one player, the Patriots' Zoltan Mesko, is already working on his next job after football.

Their motivations may be very different. But those players have not let the lockout go completely to waste. These are our Top 10 Unusual Jobs for Locked Out NFL Players.