Trial Details From RetiredPlayers.org
Retired Players Class Action Trial to Begin Next Week
The NFLPA and Players Inc. have used their exclusive representation of NFL players to generate hundreds of millions of dollars through group licensing agreements(GLA’s). However, retired players have not received any of this money and active players have only received 31%. The NFLPA and Players Inc., which have both been run by the same group of executives, have kept the remaining 69%. Through this lawsuit retired players are seeking their fair share of group licensing revenue.
The trial is set to begin on October 20, 2008, in San Francisco. Each weekday the trial is set to begin at 7:30 a.m. and is scheduled to run roughly five hours each day. The location of the court is:
United States District Court
Northern District of California
450 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, California
The trial will be held in Courtroom 9 on the 19th floor. The court is located less than 15 miles from San Francisco International Airport. You are encouraged to show your support of the retired players by attending the trial.
A map of the location of the courthouse may be viewed by clicking HERE.
Please forward this information to anyone who may be able to attend.
You can read more about the trial by clicking on the links below:
Players Inc. and Union Take 69% of Group Licensing Revenue
Sonny Bishop
October 15th, 2008 at 5:49 PM #
Thank you for helping to carry on the fight for justice for the retired players, especially the disabled ones. May the suit be successful, God willing, as there are so many in need of help. So many of us remember when the minimum salary was $5500.00 and when it finally got to ten thousand we thought we struck it rich!
Keep up the good work.
Sonny Bishop
Dallas Texans – 1962
Oakland Raiders 1963
Houston Oilers 1964 -69
Steve Wilson
October 16th, 2008 at 3:47 AM #
Hopefully, this is just the beginning of the process that will lead to a total restructure of the NFL Pension Plan…
Steve Wilson
Tampa Bay Bucs
(1976-1985)
Michael-Louis Ingram
October 17th, 2008 at 1:15 AM #
Dear Dave:
We at Black Athlete Sports Network have worked at addressing this as well. I have spoken with players like Bernie Parrish, Bob Bell and Liffort Hobley among others regarding this.
We see this as a class situation, a workers’ comp situation and an intellectual property situation and want the players like yourself to get your fair share and acquire the quality of life the rank and file who built this billion-dollar enterprise deserve.
If you go to our website http://www.blackathlete.com, you will see our first salvo in the effort to keep this story active in our “Sporting Life” section, and we would like to interview you and as many former players as possible to allow them a voice to address this tragedy.
With respect and thanks for what you and all the players from back in the day did for us as fans and fellow workers, I remain,
Sincerely,
Michael-Louis Ingram
Associate Editor
Black Athlete Sports Network
Dave Pear
October 17th, 2008 at 10:38 AM #
Michael-Louis,
Thank you for the kind words and support. We certainly appreciate everything you’re doing to get the word out. Please stay the course as we petition for justice. Justice suffers badly because those in authority who should be exemplary leaders are NOT!
Sincerely,
Dave & Heidi Pear
Bill Amadeo
October 21st, 2008 at 6:13 AM #
Dave,
I believe you guys should certainly be compensated.
How is the trial going thus far?
Do you have the citation of the case? I’m a law student trying to follow the trial and can’t get much publicity on it.
Good luck.
Bill