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		<title>NFLPA Propaganda: You Can&#8217;t Make This Stuff Up!</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/09/nflpa-propaganda-you-cant-make-this-stuff-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: This first e-mail was just added on Saturday afternoon: . From: Jim McFarland Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 12:45 PM To: Mark Washington Subject: Update on Legacy (Fund) Benefit (Apparently No Hobson&#8217;s Choice) . Dear Mark et al. . Although I have not heard directly from the NFLPA about the issue of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Concussions and Strokes</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/09/concussions-and-strokes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An old teammate and someone I considered a friend passed away over the weekend. Last week, it had been reported &#8211; erroneously &#8211; that Lee Roy Selmon had died of a stroke in Tampa (click HERE to read the story). But then I received a phone call this weekend from a mutual teammate, Council Rudolph, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Much Can You Say Without Saying Anything?</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/09/how-much-can-you-say-without-saying-anything/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. Your wonderful Union at work. I received this short update from the Seattle Chapter&#8217;s Sam McCullum earlier this morning with a memo attached from Dee Becker in The Washington office. Basically, it&#8217;s more nothing. McCullum says that it&#8217;s basically all the NFL&#8217;s fault because their Alumni and George Martin are still trying to interject [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The NFLPA 52 Plan</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/01/the-nflpa-52-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 04:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=9119</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Several of my friends from our college football days were writing each other at the end of the year and former UW Husky Clyde Werner sent a note asking us for a recommendation to a good orthopedic doctor in Seattle. Clyde ended up sending us his personal story about the injuries he&#8217;s sustained from his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another &#8220;New&#8221; Playa Care Benefit</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/11/another-new-playa-care-benefit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=8844</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By now, many of you have now been receiving your letters about another new &#8220;joint-venture&#8221; program between the NFL and the NFLPA from their Player Care Foundation. This one&#8217;s for a &#8220;Neurological Care Program Benefit.&#8221; We&#8217;ve already been receiving a lot of comments (putting it mildly) from our readers. . Just another bunch of nothing! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second GLA Checks are Finally Sent!</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/11/second-gla-checks-are-finally-sent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dennis Smith posted a comment late Saturday afternoon that his second GLA settlement check had just arrived. So I knew my check wouldn&#8217;t be too far behind, seeing as Dennis lives down in L.A.! And sure enough, when I went to my PO Box today, there it was! . So four months after the second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dave&#8217;s Comments to Dr. Benjamin&#8217;s Post</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/10/daves-response-to-dr-benjamin/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/10/daves-response-to-dr-benjamin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=8467</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Dr. Benjamin, . Please allow me to start by saying that football is a brutal game and it is inevitable that you WILL get hurt. That&#8217;s just a fact. What&#8217;s happening on the football field is a product of the greedy business of football. When I first started playing football, we were taught to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Locker? One Team? One Answer.</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/09/one-locker-one-team-one-answer/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/09/one-locker-one-team-one-answer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. I received two letters this past week: One came from the NFLPA and the other came from the new NEW NFL Alumni. I feel so important! Both organizations want me! Each one wants me to pledge my undying support as a retired player for their respective organizations. In an editorial meeting with my friend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The NFL Drug Culture</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/07/the-nfl-drug-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=7573</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With all the recent coverage on drugs in the NFL &#8211; both &#8220;legal&#8221; and illegal &#8211; I&#8217;ve been getting a lot of media inquiries coming in about my personal experiences from playing back in the late 70&#8242;s and early 80&#8242;s. Like a lot of things from the past, many have now come to roost as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Big Check: 2 Years Later!</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/06/another-big-check-2-years-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Roger Goodell, . Thank you for signing the $200.00 reimbursement check for my total left hip replacement of April 29, 2008. Boy, it sure did take a long time but I guess it&#8217;s better that nothing. By the way, I&#8217;ve had 2 more surgeries since then. On August 11, 2009 I had 4-3½ inch [...]]]></description>
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