A Letter from Jeff Nixon to the NFL Alumni
Dear NFL Alumni:
Gene recently made the following statement regarding the number 2 position (Assistant Executive Director) at the NFLPA.
“There is only a No. 1 and there will not be a No. 2,” Upshaw wrote. “Number 2 is always trying to become No.1 and never wants to wait. They can always do it better, they are like backup [quarterbacks]. There is a reason they are backups.”
I hate to break it to Gene, but the reason you have a backup Quarterback is that sometimes the starter is playing so poorly you need to change Quarterbacks. That’s a decision for the Coaching Staff (the NFLPA Executive Committee) and all NFL Players.
The problem with Gene is that he doesn’t even want a backup Quarterback on the roster! He’s basically telling the Coaching Staff that he is the only one that will quarterback the team.
Can you imagine an NFL Quarterback telling his Coaching staff that he will have no backup! He’d be on the waiver wire before the door hit him in the a** going out.
The NFLPA Executive Committee needs to show Gene who is really in charge by convening the Executive Committee immediately and sending a resolution to Gene requiring him to fill the position …ASAP!
If they don’t do this, then they are just a bunch of WHIMPS. This is an opportunity for the players to show Gene who is really the boss. My guess is that most of them will wimp out because they are afraid of Gene and what he could potentially do to those that speak out.
And what can he do… Well for one thing, all those paid player appearances that they get through Players Inc. would disappear faster than a snowflake in hell. By the way, what is Gene’s selection process for player appearances? Is it based on the Gene Upshaw Kiss-A** Scale with 1 being a peck on his cheek and 10 being a Tossed Salad. (For anyone that has ever seen a prison documentary, you know what that means.)
The big problem with this whole scenario is that if they don’t fill the position, then Gene continues to hold all the power, knowledge and experience regarding the inner workings of the NFLPA. If you don’t have anyone even being “groomed” to be the number one, then at some point your entire team (all NFL active and retired players) will suffer the consequences when you are forced to put a rookie in as a Quarterback!
What Gene’s statement should tell everyone, is that Gene is either extremely insecure and paranoid …or worse, he has something to hide.
Either way, its time to put Gene on the waiver wire.
Sincerely,
Jeff Nixon
Buffalo Bills Alumni
