[sportscurmudgeon]

Once again, we need to try to keep this in perspective because we don't know nearly enough of the facts in this matter to draw conclusions. We know that Lavar says he was jobbed out of $6.5M - that's not news. We know that the Skins' FO says that they did everything on the up and up - and you'd expect them to say anything else?

Wait until the case goes to the arbitrator in full. Remember how everyone said that Terrell Owens' agent was at fault and there was no way on Earth that he could win his case? Well, he did.

The key facts of this case have not yet been revealed but they will come out when the arbitrator hears the case. And probably just like the TO matter, once the facts are presented and the sides have a pretty good idea who is going to prevail, there will be a settlement at the last minute.

Until then, LaVar will use the Washington papers to blow off steam and try to generate sympathy for his side of the case. And the Redskins' FO will do precisely the same. Stand by for more of this kind of stuff because I've heard from one person that the arbitrator's hearings and decision may not come until early June.