Witness List Announced for Congressional Hearing
Oct 27, 2009
The finalized witness list for the Congressional Hearings was just released (each of the witnesses will have their testimony attached after the hearings are completed – click HERE to check on the Congressional site or click on their name when their testimony is finally posted). We did have one small question: Why are Tiki Barber and Merril Hoge listed as Retired NFL Players while Bernie Parrish is listed as a Former NFL Player?
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WHAT
House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Legal Issues Relating to Football Head Injuries
WHERE
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
WHEN
October 28, 2009, 10 a.m.
WHO
Members Panel
U.S. House of Representatives
8th District, NJ
Panel One
- Roger S. Goodell, Commissioner, National Football League
- DeMaurice Smith, Executive Director, NFL Players Association
- Gay Culverhouse, Ed.D., former President, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Andrew M. Tucker, MD, Member, NFL Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Committee; Team Physician, Baltimore Ravens
- Robert Cantu, MD, Chief, Neurosurgery Service and Director of Sports Medicine, Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA
- David R. Weir, Ph.D., lead author, NFL’s Player Care Foundation study of retired NFL Players
- George Martin, Executive Director, NFL Alumni Association
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Panel Two
- Tiki Barber, Retired NFL player
- Merril Hoge, Retired NFL player
- Dick Benson, High School Football Safety Advocate
- Eleanor M. Perfetto, Ph.D., wife of Ralph Wenzel, former linebacker, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Christopher Nowinski, Co-Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, Boston University
- Ann C. McKee, MD, Associate Professor, Neurology and Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine
- Joseph Maroon, MD, Vice Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh; Team Physician, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Julian Bailes, MD, Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University School of Medicine
- Joel Morgenlander, MD, Professor, Neurology, Duke University
- Bernie Parrish, Former NFL Player
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Dave Pear
October 27th, 2009 at 12:27 PM #
Why was Bernie Parrish invited at 5:00 pm Monday the 26th of October for the Congressional hearings on Wednesday the 28th?
DeMaurice Smith, Roger Goodell, George Martin… are employees of the NFLPA and the NFL respectively and ALL receive large salaries and expense accounts. Their airfare, hotel, meals, etc are all paid for. However, in Bernie Parrish’s case, he has to spend his own money. Is this fair?
This late invitation will make Bernie’s expenses even higher. Why was Bernie invited at the last minute?
When were De Smith, Roger Goodell and George Martin invited?
And who was in charge of assembling the list of invited people to Washington DC?
Sincerely,
Dave & Heidi Pear
John Hogan
October 27th, 2009 at 12:58 PM #
This hearing is purportedly about the Legal Issues relating to football head injuries, yet the only witness who is a lawyer is De Smith – and I doubt he knows anything about disability law. As Dave says “This is a legal issue…”
Of the three former/retired players who will testify, each has or has had very successful post-football careers, which would tend to suggest that having concussions does not always result in disability. I am very concerned that Congress, despite their good intentions, will again miss the mark on reform and audit of the NFL disability plan.
John Hogan
Disability Attorney
Dave Pear
October 27th, 2009 at 3:05 PM #
Thank you, John, for your insightful comment!
You’re right. This IS a legal issue! The basic rights of retired players have been violated and continue to be violated with regard to disability! The current disability debacle by the NFL is illegal.
The NFLPA Leadership has already been convicted in federal court of “breaching their fiduciary duty” in the Players Inc. trial. Surely, they’re also violating their duty on disability.
Why are there no disability attorneys invited to this investigation?
Why has the NFL been able to operate above the law for so long? They play by their own rules. How can they continue to do this and still be allowed their anti-trust exemption?
Their days of this cosmic trickery are numbered!
Sincerely,
Dave & Heidi Pear
Frederick 'Rick' Hayes
October 27th, 2009 at 10:12 PM #
I would be interested in a public disclosure of Dan Snyder’s (owner of the Washington Redskins) free ‘Guest’ ticket distribution list for this past Monday’s football game against Philadelphia.
PEACE with ALOHA,
Rick Hayes
L.A. Rams 1974
UW Huskies 1969-1973
Steve Wilson
October 28th, 2009 at 4:04 AM #
I agree with John. Where are the players who can testify first-hand on how the aftermath of their head injuries received during their playing careers in the NFL have affected their lives?
Another stacked deck and snow-job!!!
Steve Wilson
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
(1976-1985)