The Mafia has returned to dominate the landscape and become more of an economic presence instead of an armed presence. It has returned to make its presence known in the social circles that count.

The Mafia today is more of a federation and less of an authoritarian state.

The Mafia is continuing in its strategy of keeping a low profile, a truce: weapons are out, business is in.

It realizes that this is a delicate moment which could lead to some changes that might affect it.

The Mafia is paying attention. It is watching.

The fiscal and economic landscape is not at this point equivalent to what it was in 2001 and '02. And obviously, when you go into bargaining, you deal with what is, not with what used to be. The clubs have made a lot of comments in virtually all of our negotiations about distressed economic conditions. I will be very surprised if we hear very much of that this time.