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		<title>Evan Weiner: Junior Seau&#8217;s death? Another football statistic?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted with the express consent of Evan Weiner: THE BUSINESS AND POLITICS OF SPORTS . Wednesday, 2 May 2011 . BY EVAN WEINER NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY . I didn&#8217;t know Junior Seau although I met him on the day he was drafted into the National Football League in 1990 and probably interviewed him after a football [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011: What I&#8217;ve Learned So Far</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 23:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED JAN. 1, 2011 WITH VIDEO CLIP BELOW: It&#8217;s been nearly 3 years since Dave and I first ventured into blogging about professional football and what actually happens behind the scenes in the lives of those men who have played the game once they leave that field for the last time. Dave&#8217;s been at this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brain Injury Law Passes In Washington</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 23:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire just signed the nation&#8217;s most comprehensive return-to-play concussion law for high school sports. The law was named for Zackery Lystedt, a 16-year old high school football player who went back to play following a concussion and subsequently suffered a life-threatening brain injury. All athletes under the age of 18 will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dave Looks for His &#8220;Death Benefit Policy&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2008/09/dave-looks-for-his-death-benefit-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2008/09/dave-looks-for-his-death-benefit-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the summer, the NFLPA offered a 4-month window for retired disabled players to apply or re-apply for their benefits. As many of you know, I was eventually approved for Inactive T&#38;P (Total &#38; Permanent) Disability benefits (but not Football Degenerative T&#38;P benefits). We&#8217;re still continuing to file our objections to the Review Board over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Every Rock We Look Under&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2008/08/every-rock-we-look-under/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After weeks of wrangling and pestering the Commissioner and everyone else who will listen, my attorney, John Hogan, finally got a letter from Paul Scott regarding the deductions taken from my monthly disability check. (Click on an image to enlarge it for easier reading.) With no further explanation from the NFLPA and Paul Scott, we [...]]]></description>
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