Drew Brees likely to attend future mediation

Halo · 04-16-2011, 01:21 PM

Drew Brees tells Mike Triplett of the New Orleans Times-Picayune that the Super Bowl MVP “likely” will attend future sessions.

Hopefully, it’ll happen sooner rather than later. Ideally, Drew would have been there from the start.

The problem is that, by missing the first two days, Brees already will feel behind the curve and potentially out of place when he shows up. And that could cause him to feel frustrated. And that frustration could manifest itself in ways that aren’t productive to the process.

Mediation works best when the parties who need to be there get there from the start and stay there until the finish. Maybe that’s one of the reasons why the mediation failed in February and March. Given the revolving door of attendees on both sides of the table, plenty of time likely was wasted making sure the new or returning faces knew exactly what was going on.

Based on his remarks to Triplett, it’s clear that Brees has strong feelings about the situation. He’s quick to point out that the owners started this fight, and he complains that the owners went on a 48-hour media blitz after the lockout started, and that “95 percent of it was false information.”

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Halo Site Donor MONTHLY Join Date: May 2002 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 20,860 Blog Entries: 45	Drew Brees likely to attend future mediation Drew Brees tells Mike Triplett of the New Orleans Times-Picayune that the Super Bowl MVP “likely” will attend future sessions. Hopefully, it’ll happen sooner rather than later. Ideally, Drew would have been there from the start. The problem is that, by missing the first two days, Brees already will feel behind the curve and potentially out of place when he shows up. And that could cause him to feel frustrated. And that frustration could manifest itself in ways that aren’t productive to the process. Mediation works best when the parties who need to be there get there from the start and stay there until the finish. Maybe that’s one of the reasons why the mediation failed in February and March. Given the revolving door of attendees on both sides of the table, plenty of time likely was wasted making sure the new or returning faces knew exactly what was going on. Based on his remarks to Triplett, it’s clear that Brees has strong feelings about the situation. He’s quick to point out that the owners started this fight, and he complains that the owners went on a 48-hour media blitz after the lockout started, and that “95 percent of it was false information.” Read the rest at ProFootballTalk.com Linkback to the NOLA.com article Attached Thumbnails