Meetings were to resume today, with talks continuing through the weekend if necessary, he said. The sides had previously exchanged written proposals and spoken by phone, but everyone had talked of the importance of in-person negotiations. The Bengals signed punter Deone Horinek, a rookie free agent from Colorado State. He was picked up on waivers after being cut by Green Bay. The players spend much of their locker room down time on the Sony PlayStation, playing College Football 2000.
Players have their choice of colleges, and most pick their alma maters.
Because the game uses 1999 rosters, Bengals rookies can control the computerized versions of themselves. Boyd, using Louisville, has struck it big bombing to mini-Boyd. The Cincinnati Enquirer , a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper.