Bear one thing in mind. Not everyone agrees with you. Be careful what position you take. |
Bottom line, we told the clubs today that we are making progress. |
He knew more about what was going on than Pete. He is on top of everything. |
I'm not aware that an agreement has been reached. The scheduling of games needs approval of the commissioner. |
It was a good day. |
It's no longer a black-and-white issue. Whatever is going to help a team is the decision that's being made on a club-to-club basis. |
Other sports have modeled their drug programs after ours, which has been around more than 15 years. |
Regarding Sunday's games, we will make no decision today. We'll gather information and speak to several parties within the next 24 to 48 hours. |
The first two hours of the meeting were spent on the union's proposal, an explanation of it. Additional time was spent, subsequent to that, on some general revenue-sharing discussion, most of it directed by the commissioner. They're going to resume early tomorrow morning. |
We believed that the first priority was not to interfere with any relief efforts that were accommodating the evacuees, and that included Houston, it included San Antonio, it certainly included Baton Rouge, |
We believed that the first priority was not to interfere with any relief efforts that were accommodating the evacuees, and that included Houston, it included San Antonio, it certainly included Baton Rouge. |
We wanted to speak to all 32 clubs and discuss the right thing to do, ... It's a go as far as the players and coaches in Florida are concerned. They want to go over. The players held their last scrimmages in Florida [on Sunday], and now we have to review the situation with the owners. |
We wanted to speak to all 32 clubs and discuss the right thing to do. It's a go as far as the players and coaches in Florida are concerned. They want to go over. The players held their last scrimmages in Florida [on Sunday], and now we have to review the situation with the owners. |
We're going to take into account the status of the relief and rescue efforts in Louisiana and the entire Gulf Coast and apply league policies and precedents in as much of an extent as possible. NFL teams play their games outside their home stadiums either in another NFL city or in a city in their home territory. There is no precedent for playing any games in a non-NFL city. |