Negotiations between the NFL and its current players are near conclusion. Reliable sources are reporting that a deal to end the current lockout is imminent.
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Left outside of the negotiating process has been the NFL’s retired players. Retirees are routinely forgotten by both the league they helped build and a Union that has abandoned them. We must not forget these heroes of our youth, the titans who built the game and turned the NFL into the multibillion-dollar industry that it is today. Most retired players played the game at a time when big money did not rule the sport, but nonetheless the names of these athletes are burned in the memories of fans forever. Johnny Unitas, Bart Starr, Y.A. Title, Lenny Moore, Lem Barney and Art Donovan to name a few.
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Fans of the game would be shocked and saddened if they knew the harsh realities faced by NFL retirees:
- A majority of NFL retirees never made the millions of dollars being paid to current players;
- A majority of NFL retirees have spent more money on medical expenses than they ever made playing football;
- The NFL’s disability system currently provides money for only 4% of its retired players;
- Draconian rules set-up by the League and a Union that does not represent the interest of its retirees, leave most former players needing to rely on Social Security to fix their broken bodies;
- Underfunded pension benefits have left even some Hall-of-Famers receiving less than $200 per month to live on.
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Jeff Nixon remembered to bring his camera along to the trial in San Francisco and managed to get a few pictures outside of the courtroom during deliberations. Even before the verdict came in, everyone seems relaxed and happy to be there. Has anyone got any pictures of NFLPA Acting Executive Director Richard Berthelson or their attorney, Jeffrey Kessler, smiling?
Clifton McNeil and Jeff Nixon
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Fellas,
A number of months ago I told you all that Gene had actually stated to a group of his gangsters the following: ” We don’t have to worry about dividing those assholes because they have divided themselves.” Let’s not let him be proven right.
I also stated to all of you some months back that I was a “Bernie Parrish Man” all the way. That has not changed. Upshaw, the NFLPA and the NFL feared – and fears – Bernie more than it does any man alive. That’s a fact. The NFL even offered to negotiate directly with the retired players if someone could get Bernie to “go away.” Ha ha ha. Fat chance of that ever happening. No one can dispute the commitment that Bernie, Herb and Walt had before any of the rest of us even dreamed that we could really take these Gangsters…
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