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		<title>Valerie Thomas: A Necessary Casualty</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moran vs. NFLPA and NFL Players Inc. Does the NFLPA think the same way about you? . Former NFLPA Director of Human Resources Mary Moran is at WAR against the NFLPA and she is taking no prisoners. In August 2009 Moran filed a $4 million lawsuit that claimed sex discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termination of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valerie Thomas Answers Bob Grant&#8217;s Questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our last post &#8211; Valerie Thomas: Life Under Upshaw &#8211; former NFLPA Research Analyst and Paralegal Valerie Thomas discussed her years of abuse and violation of her employee&#8217;s rights under the heavy hand of departed Executive Director Gene Upshaw and his inner circle. Bob Grant had posted several questions to her in the comments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valerie Thomas: Life Under Upshaw</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dave, . Thank you for your earlier comment and for allowing me to be an active participant on your blog. . It’s hard to accept that a union whose efforts that you supported, including financially, would turn against you in your time of need: your  post-football career. . I know first-hand what it feels like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dave&#8217;s Interviews in December</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[December ended up being a crazy busy month for Dave: 2 print interviews and 3 radio interviews so far. Dave&#8217;s primary focus has been on getting the word out on disability benefits and pensions, as well as answering some questions on the recent Parrish vs. Players Inc. GLA settlement. &#8230; Jeff Pearlman did a story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valerie Thomas: NFL Guilty of Discrimination?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valerie Thomas uncovered another perfect example of how the NFL does as little as it can to look like they're doing a lot. But as with everything else they do - like all those new programs they keep rolling out each year for its retired players - there's little real substance when you look more closely at each new PR campaign that they announce. The Commissioner just loves stepping up to  announce new programs.]]></description>
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		<title>Valerie Thomas on StarCaps, Congress and the CBA</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/11/valerie-starcaps-congress-cba/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valerie Thomas writes a great analysis on the StarCaps case and how it relates to the CBA (Collective Bargaining Agreement) and Congress. The NFL and its owners would love to have its powers expanded stealthily by trying to pull a fast one on Congress. We hope someone calls them on it before it happens! AAA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional Oversight – NFL and NFLPA</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/10/congressional-oversight-nfl-nflpa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NFL Players are hired to be fired. When they enter the NFL they&#8217;re healthy enough to pass a physical but after performing for their employers and sustaining injuries, they become unhealthy, unable to pass physicals and are eventually cut, fired or forced to retire. AAA Each season, there are more than 50 Active players on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valerie Thomas&#8217; Analysis of Moran vs. NFLPA</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/09/valerie-thomas-analysis-of-moran-vs-nflpa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January 2009, four Congressmen signed and sent a letter to the Department of Labor about concerns of the integrity of the NFLPA election process. At the behest of his daughter Mary, Congressman Jim Moran looked into the matter.

SPACE

According to a Sports Business Daily article in January 2009, Congressman Jim Moran was the first “Whistleblower.”]]></description>
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		<title>Burning Down the House that Gene Upshaw Built</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/09/burning-down-the-house-that-gene-upshaw-built/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, the media reported that newly-elected NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith had returned to D.C. from another road trip meeting with active players, only to find his office engulfed in flames. (Read that post from June HERE.) Apparently someone had left a candle burning in an adjacent bathroom late at night while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valerie Thomas&#8217; Report on NFLPA Staffing Expenses</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/06/valerie-thomas-nflpa-staffing-expenses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Call for Transparency and Accountability NFLPA PAYS OUTSIDE STAFFING AGENCIES $304,610 in Four (4) Years The NFLPA Human Resources (HR) Department The following information was compiled from the U.S. Department of Labor, Federation of Professional Athletes (FPA), NFLPA, Labor-Management (LM-2) reports for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 through Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. There are approximately [...]]]></description>
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