As with everyone else, I am glad to hear that things have been settled and agreed upon. I couldn't help but chuckle when I read where Barry stated "While the pool public in general was under the impression that discussions were not taking place and that each side had stubbornly drawn a line in the sand, rest assured that representatives of both camps were busy trying to reach a workable solution and that many others in the industry were pitching in with offers of help and other valuable advice."
I had to go back and look at the past statements from Barry to confirm what I thought I remembered.
"I cannot allow the U.S. Open to be threatened by individuals whom will not return a call or email. In fact, I personally called Johnny Archer 15-20 times in the past couple of weeks, and sent many emails to discuss this year's event, and not once did he answer or return any of my attempts."
"After the position of the ABP was communicated to Mr. Behrman, no further effort was made by Mr. Behrman to negotiate and he issued a press release that negotiations had come to an impasse."
It is no big surprise that "the pool public in general was under the impression that discussions were not taking place and that each side had stubbornly drawn a line in the sand".
