The reality is there was no right of representation when i began. I remember calling up mike brown of the bengals to represent a player, and he said, we dont deal with agents click. That was that. Mostly players had their parents tore did it themselves. The roll of an agent is to serve as a buffer. Years ago i asked Steve Bartkowski in the first negotiation whether he wanted to hear every fact that went on between me and the general managers. And he said, sure, its my life, i want to hear it. I said steve, theyll say no so complimentary things about you. No, ill be fine. We get into the negotiation and the gm says, not so fast, his back is a little bad. This wasnt a strong craft in quarterbacks, but he was the best there was. I conveyed that to steve to which he said, get me traded. Part of my job is to get into the heart and mind of a young athlete, to ask him to rate his values, whether its short term, families or the ability to start. Men do not share, so its a question of peeling b
Storm after storm after storm is made it a wet winter in the eastern u. S. But a lack of rain and snow has created disaster in the west. Temperatures in eastern u. S. Has about below normal this winter while much of the west has seen above normal or record temperatures. That is helping to worsen the drought in california. President obama arrived on the west coast just a short time ago. He will soon announce Financial Assistance for those affected by the drought. For more on the president s trip west, there is a perspective on how bad this drought is. What is extraordinary we havent heard that much about it. Sips they started keeping records this is the worst drought on record. This is a map put out called the drought monitor. Its the dark red you see there is exceptional drought. The red and somewhat lighter drought is extreme drought and half the state and more profoundly affected. And its not justits not just the entire state but some the sensitive agriculture growing regions, the Ce
There are budget and debt ceiling deadlines end of this month and a decision has to be made on whether or not to attack syria. And david web joins the company now. Do you i know what you think about the president , okay . I know we have policy differences. Stuart policy differences, but do you expect that this president will reverse course on any of those areas, whether its budget, debt ceiling, obama care . No, he wont. Why should he, stu . Its worked for him in the first term and second term not having a budget, legislating by fiat. He met with the jobs council four times. Its Big Government bureaucrat, when he leaves hes leaving his mark in the bureaucracy. Stuart but his legacy, if he were to change course, his legacy would be a growing economy, growing prosperity. We tried to project what we want a president to do. This president has a different view of america, americas economy and culture. He sees it as government dependent, hes a Big Government liberal. Beyond a Big Government
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Princess faces questions over a corruption scandal. Russia said it will hold off giving aid to the ukraine until it pays its debt. The first gold medals have been won at the winter olympics. Highlights from sochi coming up later in this hour. The United Nations has revealed new evidence of an escalation in taliban attacks in afghanistan. Leaving thousands of casualties and dramatic increase in the number of children who have been killed or injured. It concludes that 2013 was one of the deadliest years of the conflict as the taliban tips up its use of roadside bombs. 2,959 civilians died last year. Thats a rise of 7 from 2012. At the same time more than 5500 people have been injured, and 561 child casualties. Kandahar and helmaand provinces were the deadliest. Reporter civilians blown up, shot and battered between two warring sides. Standing too close to a suicidebomber last week. There was an explosion. It threw me and i was unconscious. After that i got up and was very dizzy. I fell d