Watch for official announcement: Our Second Annual Independent Football Veterans Conference April 20 - 22 at the South Point in Las Vegas. - NFL Claims Workers’ Compensation Should Cover Players’ Head Injuries - FOX: Head-trauma Lawsuits Against NFL Swell - NY Times: Giants Beat Patriots in Final Rally 21 - 17 - NJ.com: Izenberg: At Super Bowl, John Mackey's widow speaks out against a cruel, arbitrary NFL rule - FOX: NFL to air Super Bowl ad on player safety - FOX Sports: 4 NFL concussion lawsuits being combined in Philadelphia - SportingNews: Concussion lawsuits could be tip of crisis for NFL

Dennis Smith posted a comment late Saturday afternoon that his second GLA settlement check had just arrived. So I knew my check wouldn’t be too far behind, seeing as Dennis lives down in L.A.! And sure enough, when I went to my PO Box today, there it was!

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The Future is Here Now

7 August 2010

A very quiet news announcement hit the wires this past week that could have major repercussions for active players in upcoming contract negotiations. First, here’s the headline and a clip from the original release on Reuters:

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