"And I was very happy with the way the arbitration hearing was handled."
The consequences of that behavior have led to an arbitration hearing scheduled to begin today in Washington.
The closer's arbitration hearing will be held next week if no deal is reached.
An arbitration hearing will be held in the autumn.
Dawson said little on Monday, but acknowledged that an arbitration hearing would take time.
He is involved in an arbitration hearing scheduled for March 24.
Both parties are awaiting the ruling on an arbitration hearing expected to be announced early next month.
But pay cuts are hard to achieve in arbitration hearings.
An arbitration hearing is set for the end of April - at which point the lacrosse season will be well under way.
"John Rocker is in the building having his arbitration hearing."