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To: Robert F. Newton who wrote (6338)	9/8/2001 1:32:02 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45639

My league is just based on picks not fumbles. But even so so I assume your Defense gets points for Ints and fumbles too right? So....if a QB is going to throw a pick isn't it better for you to have him throw it to your defense? It evens things out in my mind.

To: Robert F. Newton who wrote (6338)	9/8/2001 3:56:19 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45639

FANTASY FOOTBALL ALERT If you play in a league where you can pick up and drop players this may be worth dropping a player for. FOXBORO, Mass. -- Terry Glenn could very easily be playing for the New England Patriots this season, the Boston Herald reported on Saturday. Arbitrator Richard Bloch, who presided at a 13-hour hearing Thursday, will decide by Tuesday whether to overturn the Patriots' season-long suspension of Glenn. However, the Herald reports that one of two things could happen: Glenn could win his grievance, or the two sides could reach a settlement. That, in turn, could pave the way for Glenn's return to the field this season. Sources familiar with the case told the Herald on Friday that representatives for Glenn and the Patriots were back on the phone Friday attempting to work out a settlement. These sources said the Patriots are now willing to allow for Glenn's name to be taken off the "reserve -- left camp" list, thereby reversing his season-long suspension. What the Pats are not willing to do is resume the full flow of deferred payments on Glenn's $11.5 million signing bonus. Bloch said the agreement requires a decision within five days of the hearing. Bloch ordered both sides not to comment. Jeffrey Kessler, an attorney for the NFL Players' Association, said Bloch told the parties that he would issue a decision between Saturday and Tuesday. Patriots coach Bill Belichick, who made the decision to suspend Glenn, was among those who testified. Kessler said he was not allowed to identify those who gave evidence. Glenn, the fourth leading receiver in franchise history, left training camp on Aug. 3, when the NFL suspended him for four games for violating its substance-abuse program. The Patriots then suspended him for the season by placing him on the reserved-left camp list on Aug. 15. The NFL has said that Glenn would still have to serve the four-game suspension when he returned. In the grievance filed Aug. 29 and sent to the NFL Management Council, the NFLPA said the Patriots improperly refused to meet with Glenn and his agent, James Gould, after Gould requested a meeting on two separate occasions to discuss Glenn's returning to the team. Both meeting requests were made before the team suspended Glenn. Thursday's hearing took a long time because "there was a lot to talk about," Bloch said. "There's serious issues at stake and considerable evidence to be heard. It's not unusual that a case of this difficulty would take a long time. What is unusual is that we would do it all in one sitting." Glenn, wearing a light-colored suit, and Gould arrived at the stadium at about 8:30 a.m. Around 5:30 p.m., a delivery man drove up with several pizzas for those at the meeting. "The sides were ably represented and there will be a decision issuing, certainly, within five days, possibly considerably sooner," Bloch said. Richard Berthelsen, general counsel of the NFLPA, said the union was represented by three attorneys while the management council had six. "But we're twice as good," Berthelsen joked. "Besides, we had the player on our side." In suspending Glenn, Belichick said Glenn had "ample opportunity" to return but didn't. The grievance claimed the Patriots violated the maximum discipline provisions of the collective bargaining agreement with the players. That provision specifies maximum fines for missing practices and/or games. The union said the amount of those fines would total far less than the compensation Glenn will lose if he can't play this season. Glenn signed a six-year, $50 million contract extension last year that included an $11.5 million signing bonus. The team said it won't pay Glenn his salary and will withhold the remaining $8.5 million of the signing bonus. Glenn, the seventh pick in the 1996 draft out of Ohio State, has 315 career receptions. He started all 16 games last season and had 79 catches for a team-best 963 yards and six touchdowns.