Cameron Frye Has a Big Idea

As with most everything he does, Frye's approach to the stadium issue is on the eccentric side. "I accept the fact that I'm different, I guess," he says, picking little pieces of debris off his office carpet. And if someone else grabs the downtown ball and runs with it, he says he'll be happy to bow out of the picture. Until then, however, he's approaching the task the same way he approaches alternative medicine or Phantom of the Opera -- with an almost obsessive belief that it's the right thing to do. "Is the proposal crazy, or is the guy who's proposing it crazy?" he asks. "I think I'm the one who could be classified as a little off.

"The proposal's not wacko," he adds. "It's perfecto.