As I write in my book, there is a misnomer that destroying another person's position is an effective and practical way to negotiate.

Now some alien force seems to have come and captured the Dodgers. I don't know what happened to my Dodgers.

I love the values football can teach. It gives young people a sense of how to defer present gratification for future success, it teaches self-discipline, it teaches teamwork, it gives them a bonding experience that can be hard to find somewhere else, it teaches the ability to process large amounts of information and apply it in real time.

When it comes to holdouts, there's a presupposition that the player is some angry rebel who's defying authority and only cares about the money.

In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes - but the problem is it would be impossible to convince than fans, because of what they read on the AP wire.

As for football in L.A., it's going to take a loooong time before another team comes here.

Very narrow areas of expertise can be very productive. Develop your own profile. Develop your own niche.