Archives for April 11, 2006

‘”It’s a lot more responsibility, a lot more accountability being thrown your way so you got to be able to handle it,” Evans explained during the Bills recently completed mini-camp. “You got to be able to handle things on and off the field. Teammates come to look at you as more of a leader so you got to be able to handle a lot of those things and still work hard and make plays.”‘

‘Senator Schumer says he believes other lawmakers would join in the fight because "the financial ramifications of this arrangement was not clear at the time people voted. In other words, it’s very complicated and they voted very quickly. And I think when the smaller market teams start looking at the actual financial impact, they’re going to get upset," said Schumer.’

‘The freshman congressman sits in the House Government Reform Committee, which last year held high-profile hearings on steroid use in professional baseball. Higgins said he would ask the committee to hold a hearing on the impact of the NFL’s new deal on smaller teams like Buffalo and the Jacksonville Jaguars.’