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We’ll start this post off with an inquiry that just came in today:

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I am sending this email in regards to the class action lawsuit. My name was on the list which was posted: Leroy Jones – I played with the Chargers from 1976 – 1984. I never received any information concerning the distribution of the funds as to when and how it will occur.

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Pinocchio Berthelsen

There’s going to be a lot of backpedaling as DeMaurice Smith begins to take control as the new Executive Director of the NFLPA. You’ll remember that when Gene Upshaw departed just a month before the NFLPA/Players Inc. trial was to start in September of 2008 so the judge postponed that start date until October 2008. In that time, Richard Berthelsen was appointed as acting Executive Director while their Board frantically started their search for a new Director.

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Bernie Parrish

4/17/2009
Subject: Madden not paying retired players while collecting over $100 million in royalties off the retired players’ backs – Did Madden scramble your identity to keep from paying you?

The retired NFL players who were used in Madden EA video games will be suing Madden and EA for using us in those games without compensating us. Madden’s agent Sandy Montag boasts he and Madden collected over $100,000,000 in royalties while paying the retired NFL players used in those games absolutely nothing. Madden knows that the ugly truthful litigation is coming and is probably factoring that into his retirement. I doubt he wants to answer all those fans who will be asking, “Why, John Madden? Why did you screw all those retired players over, you seemed like such a friendly, good-natured buffoon?”

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