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Mara takes lopsided defeat in stride
Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Giants co-owner John Mara served as pallbearer for a playoff reseeding proposal that died a harsher death than its supporters expected at the NFL meeting in Palm Beach, Fla. Asked if owners killed the measure or simply tabled it, a whimsical Mara put it bluntly: "We've already had the funeral." The measure didn't just fail. "It went down in flames," Mara said. ...
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