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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/10/the-other-side-of-the-arthur-boylan-vacation/
Posted by Mike Florio on July 10, 2011, 2:46 PM EDT
AP
We’ve given U.S. Magistrate Jude Arthur Boylan a hard time lately for his decision to go on vacation during one of the most critical junctures of the labor talks.
And we’re not the only ones perplexed by Boylan’s decision to bail. “If he wants a seat at the ‘big boys’ table, he could change or skip his vacation,” one team executive said. “To be known as the ‘man who saved football’ would be a nice swap.”
But in the hopes of being fair to Judge Boylan (and of not being audited in the near future), there’s another side to this story. The NFL and the players have known for weeks about Judge Boylan’s vacation plans. And yet they continued to spend only two days per week in face-to-face meetings. When by all appearances a marathon session over Fourth of July weekend could have possibly resulted in an agreement in principle, it’s hard for the NFL or the players to credibly complain about Judge Boylan refusing to sacrifice his well-documented vacation plans.
Posted by Mike Florio on July 10, 2011, 2:46 PM EDT
AP
We’ve given U.S. Magistrate Jude Arthur Boylan a hard time lately for his decision to go on vacation during one of the most critical junctures of the labor talks.
And we’re not the only ones perplexed by Boylan’s decision to bail. “If he wants a seat at the ‘big boys’ table, he could change or skip his vacation,” one team executive said. “To be known as the ‘man who saved football’ would be a nice swap.”
But in the hopes of being fair to Judge Boylan (and of not being audited in the near future), there’s another side to this story. The NFL and the players have known for weeks about Judge Boylan’s vacation plans. And yet they continued to spend only two days per week in face-to-face meetings. When by all appearances a marathon session over Fourth of July weekend could have possibly resulted in an agreement in principle, it’s hard for the NFL or the players to credibly complain about Judge Boylan refusing to sacrifice his well-documented vacation plans.
