Brian Lawton

You know, Berkey and I had a disagreement.

That was more philosophical.

Berkey was great.

Dave Nones was great to deal with.

I love dealing with those guys because they're straight shooters.

And you could yell and scream at Berkey and he'd yell and scream back at you.

And then it was over.

It was like a hockey fight.

You could go have a beer with the guy you just fought.

It was just business.

So there's a lot to unpack there.

Players now are clearly in my opinion more involved.

If you're not understanding that it could be problematic.

It's hard for me to imagine that

you know, these star players aren't watching what organizations are doing, particularly in times of change of coaches, GMs, presidents, you name it, whatever's going on, players are paying attention more than ever.

And the few guys that can drive things, I think they're going to exercise those rights.

Yeah, there's been a lot of talk about, you know, you had these quality teams in Dallas, Minnesota and Colorado, you know, playing themselves early in the playoffs, playing their opponents early.

I don't really take any offense to that.

That's more random.

You know, the league had a goal when they started this program.