George Martin Love Fest This Weekend
We’ve been informed that invitations have been sent out to members of the NFL Alumni for Gene – er, George – Martin’s coming-out party for The new, NEW NFL Alumni Association. Apparently, advance RSVP’s had to be called in by Nov. 11th for the first 180 people attending as they’re expecting an overflow attendance and parking is limited at Giants’ Stadium (?!!) to the first 180 to sign up. We thought the stadium could handle 78,000+ fans… Click on the brochure pages below to enlarge for reading (our highlights added).
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But just like Roger Goodell’s meetings, no spouses or partners OR caregivers will be allowed in. Only NFL Alumni will be permitted. And you’ll have to bring Photo ID so they can be sure you’re not a party-crasher. We’re not even sure if Associate members – like fans – will be allowed to attend. So how do they expect 180 people to show up? Didn’t Roger already have a problem with Eleanor Perfetto trying to get into one of his Q&A meetings late last year? (Read about the Commissioner’s Love Fest by clicking HERE.)
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Sat. Nov. 14th 6:30 pm EST – Wait a minute! Did anyone notice that the flyer says it’s a ‘Recruiting Dinner‘? But attendance is limited to Alumni ONLY?!! Hope we can get a complete attendance list from someone attending…
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Bernie Parrish
November 14th, 2009 at 11:02 am #
The Goodell/NFL Alumni/Fourth & Goal hoax lands in Yankee Stadium tonight, November 14th. The balloon will land and “Gene” Martin will come out of the attic to repeat his lines. The balloon – the S.S. Goodell Hoax – will “only” hold 180 retired NFL players, and only with proper ID’s. No caregivers, no wives, no lawyers and no doctors will be allowed on board (more Dr. No!). Goodell is looking for retired players who will join his company union to separate, divide and conquer the retired players’ general opposition to his and the owners’ anti-trust exemption rule. Will Goodell be able to find 180 fools among us to attend his clambake? How many airline tickets and how many hotel rooms is Goodell paying for and – more important – who are the favored ones being comp’ed?
The “Let’s take Goodell’s money, move into the NFL Alumni offices, then throw Goodell out group” led by Jerry Kramer will probably all be there. On Goodell’s tab.
Goodell’s got his Covington & Burling orders to slow walk…delay…dismiss… deny…divert..talk about the 88 Plan, the cheap out-of-court settlement for brain injury disability. Now De Smith seems to have publicly joined the 88 PR scam in a desperate search for a talking point. No, De. The solution is actually very simple: Completely redesign the disability plan to suit professional football and raise the NFL Players pension plan to at least match that of baseball. De’s strategy is say ‘Yes’ to everyone but do nothing while hiring new lawyers from his old law firms since he knows he’s surrounded by outlaws who have no loyalty to him. De Smith’s answer to retired players issues also seems to be the old tobacco tango: We don’t cause cancer. Our studies, our paid-for doctors, and paid-for experts all say so…
Are there actually 180 retired player so foolish as to participate in Goodell’s latest scam?
Bernie Parrish
REAL Independent Retired Players Advocate
Dave Pear
November 14th, 2009 at 1:26 pm #
Thanks, Bernie, for your direct and correct comment!
The league (Owners, NFL and the NFLPA) continue to be defiant and show little or no remorse.
The solution is pension/disability reform and medical after football. The pensions would at least match (MLB) baseball and the disability system should be unique to our industry and administered legitimately.
However, the grave errors and GREED committed by the league are profound and certainly aren’t being addressed.
Now, Congress is talking about removing their anti-trust exemption!
If the NFL just paid their bills then their problems would be few. And I have no doubt they’d certainly still make a lot of money!
Sincerely,
Dave & Heidi Pear
George Visger
November 14th, 2009 at 2:17 pm #
Dear George & Roger:
I would sincerely like to thank both of you for your generous invitation to the Love Fest but unfortunately, I’m currently having trouble remembering what town I’m supposed to be meeting Dr. Omalu next Thursday (no joke), and cannot remember for the life of me where your big party is going to be.
Please don’t delay the festivities on my part; I will get there as quickly as I can, once I can scrounge up enough gas money.
Thanks for your generous offer.
George Visger
San Francisco 49′ers
1980 & 1981
Stanford Hospital Orthopedic Surgery ward 1981
Stanford Hospital Neurosurgery Ward 1981
Sacramento, Sutter Memorial Hospital Neurosurgery Ward 1982, 1982
Sacramento, Sutter Memorial Hospital Orthopedic Ward 1986
Lake Tahoe, Barton Hospital Orthopedic Ward 1986
Sacramento Sutter General Hospital Neurosurgery Ward 1987, 1987, 1987, 1987
Roseville Memorial Hospital Neurosurgery Ward 1995
Roseville Memorial Hospital Neurosurgery Ward 1996
Robert
November 14th, 2009 at 2:53 pm #
Great comment, Bernie! You can put lipstick on a pig but…
barbara sandusky
November 15th, 2009 at 9:17 am #
Regarding the “new”NFL Alumni Assn.:
While reading my local newspaper (Naples Daily News) today, I noticed an ad for a hospital fundraiser. It included sponsors’ names at various levels. Second to highest (Super Director’s Club) was the “National Football League Alumni, Inc.” Guess they have money to contribute (and impress people) because they can write it off as a donation for tax purposes.
Silly me. I always thought “Charity begins at home”. Maybe it does, but not once you retire from the NFL and need medical help. Maybe we should visit a fundraiser for assistance?
Barb Sandusky
Mike Sandusky
Pittsburgh Steelers
1957 – 1965
Bruce Jarvis
November 15th, 2009 at 3:07 pm #
For those retired players wishing to attend Goodell’s gala, please look up the definition of the word “BETRAYAL” and then read the history of those who took part in VICHY, FRANCE in support of Nazism during WWII…
Bruce Jarvis
Buffalo Bills
1971 – 1974
Brad Benson
November 19th, 2009 at 2:39 pm #
Wow – can’t you at least give George Martin a chance?
Brad Benson
New York Giants
1978 – 1987
Ira Casson's NFL MTBI Committee
November 19th, 2009 at 3:19 pm #
Bruce Jarvis
November 21st, 2009 at 11:02 am #
The owners want this to happen with their “official sponsorship” of the NFL Alumni… that is the splintering of us veterans with a whole host of issues against a powerful adversary – the NFL Ownership. As they pursue their decades-old strategy of DELAY, DENY AND HOPE THEY DIE, trying (without success so far) to get George Martin and 179 other former players turn out for a media event allows the owners to show that the former players are divided and that their guys (NFL Alumni) are the good guys.
Oh yeah – it also extends the successful dodge of the NFL’S DUAL DUTIES TO FORMER NFL PLAYERS:
1) PENSION BENEFITS GREATER THAN BASEBALL &
2) WORLD CLASS DISABILITY BENEFITS.
We’ve all earned it… and the owners have the money. And I can assure you without complete unity and assistance from the press, the public and from the U.S. Congress, they won’t part with a dime and their representative, Mr. Goodell, will simply continue to play us all for fools.
Bruce Jarvis
Buffalo Bills
1971 – 1974