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		<title>Gene Upshaw NFL Player Health Reimbursement Account Plan Trust?!!</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/01/gene-upshaw-nfl-player-health-reimbursement-account-plan-trust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently got our hands on a list of some of the NFL and NFLPA&#8217;s assets as reported on their tax returns dating back from 2009. Like the earlier LM-2&#8242;s that the NFLPA is required to file annually with the Dept. of Labor each year, there are some very interesting items in this list. We&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Comeback of the Day</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/03/best-comeback-of-the-day/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/03/best-comeback-of-the-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gene Upshaw]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Typically, Mike Florio on ProFootballTalk (now owned by MSNBC Sports) tends to lean more anti-NFLPA in his posts. But today, when NFL mouthpiece Greg Aiello decided to knock the NFLPA for having their annual gathering in sunny Hawaii, Florio actually quipped back: . &#8220;Still, the union&#8217;s trek to the islands has prompted a jab from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Explaining NFL &amp; NFLPA Accounting</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/02/nfl-nflpa-accounting/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/02/nfl-nflpa-accounting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=5918</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember this one? When some of the rhetoric first started coming out about the NFL&#8217;s revenue-sharing with the NFLPA and the players, Commissioner Roger Goodell&#8217;s standard answer was that those generous owners were handing over almost 60% of their revenues to those greedy players. Recently, the League has been demanding a 20% reduction in salaries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Independent Retired Players Meet with NFL &amp; NFLPA</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/09/independent-retired-players-meet-nfl-nflpa/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/09/independent-retired-players-meet-nfl-nflpa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time, the NFL and the NFLPA extended an invitation to “The Independent Retired Players” to attend and participate in a meeting called to discuss the problems that continue to plague Retirees. Bob Grant, an Independent Activist and Advocate for our cause, was asked to attend on behalf of the Retired Players. &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valerie Thomas&#8217; Report on NFLPA Staffing Expenses</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/06/valerie-thomas-nflpa-staffing-expenses/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/06/valerie-thomas-nflpa-staffing-expenses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Choice Inc.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Call for Transparency and Accountability NFLPA PAYS OUTSIDE STAFFING AGENCIES $304,610 in Four (4) Years The NFLPA Human Resources (HR) Department The following information was compiled from the U.S. Department of Labor, Federation of Professional Athletes (FPA), NFLPA, Labor-Management (LM-2) reports for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 through Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. There are approximately [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Less Budget for Shredding This Year at NFLPA</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/06/less-budget-for-shredding/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/06/less-budget-for-shredding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=2276</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A while ago, we discovered through the NFLPA&#8217;s 2007 LM-2 filing that they had spent $12,461 that year for document shredding, just ahead of the Players Inc. lawsuit. (Read that story by clicking HERE.) (We&#8217;re anxiously awaiting the release of the 2008 LM-2 to look for new spending goodies from last year.) But it looks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Like Father, Like Daughter</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/01/like-father-like-daughter/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/01/like-father-like-daughter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just in: It&#8217;s now getting out that Congressman Jim Moran (D &#8211; Va) was the person responsible for outing Troy Vincent as the source that kicked off that recent Congressional inquiry into the Executive Director search process. &#8220;According to Liz Mullen and Daniel Kaplan of SportsBusiness Journal, Vincent spoke with at least two of [...]]]></description>
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