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	<title>Dave Pear&#039;s Blog &#187; Dementia</title>
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		<title>An Important Message to All Retired Players from Shawn Stuckey</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To all retired players: . On Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. your case will be argued against the NFLPA in front of Judge Susan Nelson in St. Paul, Minnesota. The NFLPA filed a Motion to Dismiss and this hearing will be to determine if your case is dismissed. . If you will recall, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>George Visger in His Own Words: A Career of Concussions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Football damaged my brain and it didn&#8217;t have to happen GEORGE VISGER, a former 49er, tells his story . Due to the size and speed of today&#8217;s football players, the kinetic energy they generate during hits can have long-term consequences. Here&#8217;s my story: . My football career began at age 11 in 1970 when I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irv Muchnick: 2012 Is the Year of the Tobacco-Style Lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irv Muchnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Holidays, Football and Sports Concussion Establishment: 2012 Is the Year of the Tobacco-Style Lawsuit Posted with the express consent of Irv Muchnick from his blog Concussion Inc.: Published December 26th, 2011. . “The year 2011 will be the one in which the American public and government confront the growing evidence of the public-health toll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madden vs. Paterno: It Never Happened</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re sorry but we just couldn&#8217;t help it. Comparing recent news involving two big-name coaches like John Madden and Joe Paterno Last week, John Madden came forward like the great leader he is and declared that they would now be taking players out of the game when they get concussed. In the Electronic Arts video [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Questions on the Disability Plan&#8230; from an Expert</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/11/questions-on-the-disability-plan-from-an-expert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hogan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Several weeks back, the NFLPA put out a request to local chapters for three questions to send along to their big meeting in Washington DC. Disability Attorney John Hogan actually had a few questions to point out in the new CBA. John also has some observations from a recent case that was “approved” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want More Info on Retired Players&#8217; &#8220;Benefits&#8221;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=10870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past couple of weeks, absolutely nothing of any serious significance or substance out of the NFLPA regarding retired players pensions especially that new Legacy Fund, other than a lot of the same chest-thumping and empty rhetoric that everyone has been hearing since the lockout ended late this summer. It would certainly seem like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All the Cards on the Table</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both the NFLPA and George Martin&#8217;s NFL Alumni have been trying to take credit for everything being offered to retired players from the new CBA. In the meanwhile, they&#8217;ve also done their best to ignore what retired players have actually been demanding long before this current CBA while never really putting their cards on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One More Lawsuit for the NFL and More&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First the serious stuff: One more helmet concussion lawsuit filed in California by Hausfeld LLP and Pearson Simon Warshaw &#38; Penny LLP, on behalf of Cedrick Hardman and Tommy Mason against the NFL, Riddell and Easton-Bell. The two Exhibits include proposals for medical monitoring and benefits after a career in football. . . And we&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And Apparently DICC Can&#8217;t Read Either&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hogan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: We just received an update from disability attorney John Hogan on another of his recent disability applications on behalf of another retired football player. He also included a copy of the Disability Board&#8217;s short 3-page boilerplate ruling. . Attached is a recent decision I received from the Bell/Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan&#8217;s Disability [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Hogan: My Notes from the Symposium and Dead Cows</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/09/john-hogan-notes-from-symposium-and-dead-cows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guys, . A few comments from the notes I took down during the Santa Clara Law Sports Law Symposium: . I was able to catch De alone for a few minutes outside at the coffee urn. He acted like he didn&#8217;t know who I was. Maybe he doesn&#8217;t??? In any event, I told him that [...]]]></description>
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