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		<title>NFL: There are No Other Players with Dementia</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/01/nfl-no-other-players-with-dementia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As is often the case, it started with this short note we received from Elizabeth Pierce last week: . My father was a former NFL player who passed away after 20 years of dementia. . The NFL denied disability benefits. . Do you know if anyone has been successful in getting retroactive benefits under the Mackey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obfuscation: The Current 88 Plan</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/10/obfuscation-the-current-88-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our last post, we uploaded the 88 Plan Summary which was 32 pages long (click HERE to read that earlier post). . Here&#8217;s the 21-page 88 Plan itself as uploaded on Scribd once again for easier viewing and to make it downloadable. You can click on the FULL SCREEN button to enlarge it for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Amen&#8217;s Interview on the NFL Dementia Debate</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/12/dr-amen-nfl-dementia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Kristen Willeumier]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Daniel Amen has just allowed us to post a great interview in which he discusses his interest in studying the current debate and issues, how his clinic is studying the problem, as well as some of the new findings that have started to come out of these ongoing studies. (The entire interview is only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekend Coverage on Concussions</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/11/weekend-coverage-on-concussions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More momentum on the concussion front as the brain injury story continues to makes its way upstream into the mainstream media. This seems to be one story that&#8217;s becoming harder and harder for the NFL to suppress or spin &#8211; Thank you, Doctor No! AAA Friday&#8217;s MacNeil Lehrer Report covered many of the highlights from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Hot Topic</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/06/a-hot-topic/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/06/a-hot-topic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tony Davis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ben Lynch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie Parrish]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob Grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Laird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daryl Johnston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Pear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DeMaurice Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dementia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Carson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independent Retired Football Players Summit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the presentations that drew a lot of attention during The Summit was from Bruce Laird of Fourth and Goal. Fourth and Goal has been in ongoing discussions with the NFL to use the NFL Alumni organization as a possible platform for advocacy of disability and pension reform. At the conclusion of The Summit, [...]]]></description>
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