Leigh Steinberg Year Quotations

Without referring to anybody directly, one of the problems with confrontational public negotiating is that it runs the risk of alienating a public with a median family income of $35,000. So that when a player is complaining publicly that he's only being paid $7-million a year instead of $9-million, a fan can look at that with real anger. And an owner who's challenged publicly may simply become more locked in and less apt to ever compromise.

Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil.

It's a little early to have a fully thought-through plan as to what the next year will bring, (but), he is resolute on wanting to play more.