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		<title>Patrick Hruby: The Wrong Man For The Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Hruby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Is there a pattern here? As always, nothing ever really changes with the NFL (and the NFLPA by association). After years of propaganda and misinformation, the League announced that Dr. No Ira Casson and Dr. Yes Elliot Pellman would no longer be running the MTBI Committee (that&#8217;s the MILD Traumatic Brain Injury Committee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NFL Films: We&#8217;re Mad as Hell!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: At our recent Conference, we covered the Dryer vs NFL Films lawsuit and subsequent Settlement Offer from the NFL. Our first day had attorney Yakub Hazzard explaining some of the basics of your individual rights (click HERE for that video). Then on Saturday, we had Ron Mix putting up the case in favor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evan Weiner: NFL Job Audition Includes Making “Suicide Squad” Rather than Special Teams Squad</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 19:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Weiner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted with the express consent of Evan Weiner: . . THE BUSINESS AND POLITICS OF SPORTS . BY EVAN WEINER COMMENTARY . The NFL job audition includes making the “suicide squad” rather than the special teams squad . May 11, 2013 Examiner . The National Football League is open for business again. Players are on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IFV 2013: Life Inside the Real NFL Family</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2013/05/ifv-2013-life-inside-the-real-nfl-family/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 04:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brain concussions. CTE. Alcohol and drugs. Take these issues that have only recently become more openly discussed along with 101 more ingredients in family life and you have a very complicated recipe for making a family work (or not). Family life isn&#8217;t easy at times as it is but when you stir in all these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IFV 2013: Pensions, Disability con’d: Latest Updates on Current Cases from John Hogan</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2013/05/ifv-2013-pensions-disability-cond-latest-updates-on-current-cases-from-john-hogan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 15:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 10-year Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) is going into its third year. How has it worked out for you and your families? How will some of the most recent disability rulings affect future cases? And just how did that Legacy Fund work out for each of you? John Hogan has been advocating for a total [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IFV 2013 NFL Films Part II &#8211; Making the Case Against the Settlement: Fred Dryer</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2013/05/ifv-2013-nfl-films-part-ii-making-the-case-against-the-settlement-fred-dryer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 22:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The original lawsuit against NFL Films was filed with Fred Dryer as the original lead plaintiff with Elvin Bethea, Jim Marshall, Joe Senser, Dan Pastorini and Ed White joining him early in the process. Bob Stein and Tom Ward were the original attorneys working with Fred Dryer. Naturally, Bob Stein and Tom Ward are excluded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IFV 2013 NFL Films Part II &#8211; The Case Against the Settlement: Michael Ciresi</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 17:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attorney Michael Ciresi (Robins, Kaplan, Miller &#38; Ciresi) is one of the attorneys representing the Original Six Plaintiffs in the Dryer vs NFL Films lawsuit. Ciresi was the attorney who made the case against the Settlement Offer in Minnesota Federal Court while Dan Gustafson made the arguments for the Settlement Offer on behalf of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IFV 2013: NFL Films Part I &#8211; The Case for the Settlement Ron Mix</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2013/05/ifv-2013-nfl-films-part-i-the-case-for-the-settlement-ron-mix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 15:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we were planning our Conference over the last few weeks leading up to this past weekend, we had many discussions on the best way to present both sides of the Settlement Offer to the retired football player community so each one of you can make an informed decision. We finally decided to invite each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IFV 2013: Workers Compensation and California Bill AB 1309</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2013/05/ifv-2013-workers-compensation-california-bill-ab-3019/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2013/05/ifv-2013-workers-compensation-california-bill-ab-3019/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 00:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We wrapped Friday up with a discussion on Workers Compensation. Workmans Comp may be in for some serious changes shortly with Bill AB 1309 coming up for a vote in the California State capitol later this year. This bill will block professional athletes from filing Workers Compensation claims in the State of California and each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IFV 2013: Your Basic Rights 101</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2013/05/ifv-2013-your-basic-rights-101/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2013/05/ifv-2013-your-basic-rights-101/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 04:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yakub Hazzard from Robins, Kaplan, Miller &#38; Ciresi spent over an hour explaining and answering questions about basic visual rights, how they work and what others can &#8211; and can&#8217;t &#8211; do with them. This is the basic primer that neither the NFL nor the NFLPA nor your agent EVER wanted football players to understand. [...]]]></description>
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