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		<title>NFLPA/NFL Benefits Announcement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most members of the NFLPA received the first announcement in their Inboxes earlier today along with different variations from many sources. The second, more detailed announcement comes out of the NFL Communications office. If you note in the league&#8217;s release, credit is graciously being given to several retired players who took part in later discussions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wrights Get Air Conditioning</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick update from Shannon Jordan on Gordon and Dora Wright in Florida: . Thank you to Joe Muley, Keith Ledford and Greg Deardorff at Carrier Enterprises for donating the HVAC unit. Thank you to George at Frank Gay Plumbing for installing and thank you to Kevin Worthy on our Gridiron Greats team for getting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Life After Football</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Hall of Fame ceremonies coming up once again, we have more stories on the lives of retired players that the League and the Union can no longer hide. And who better to let everyone know about what really goes on behind the scenes in the lives of retired players than to hear it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest on Retired Players Benefits &amp; Pensions Lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend, the retired players and the attorneys involved with the Eller et al vs. NFL et al class action lawsuit released a letter addressed to all retirees to outline a call for unity as well as to provide an update on the facts and actions to date. . Dear fellow retired players, . [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May 25th Retired Players&#8217; Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 18:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 4th, representatives of the National Football League acknowledged the need to provide &#8220;important improvements in retired player benefits.&#8221; They stated it was the &#8220;fair&#8221; and &#8220;right&#8221; thing to do in &#8220;respect&#8221; and &#8220;recognition&#8221; of their contributions to the game. The League said the retirees &#8220;voice&#8221; needs to be heard. . On May 25th, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retired NFL Players Announcement</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 16:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retired NFL Players’ Representatives’ Unite! . The largest collective group of representatives for retired NFL players ever assembled met yesterday in Minneapolis, Minnesota and agreed to unanimously support the class action litigation brought by retired NFL players against the League and its member clubs. That lawsuit is now pending before Judge Susan Nelson in federal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evan Weiner: NFL&#8217;s big game against the players starts this week in Minneapolis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Weiner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted with the express consent of Evan Weiner: THE BUSINESS AND POLITICS OF SPORTS NFL&#8217;s big game against the players starts this week in Minneapolis . Tuesday, 5 April 2011 . BY EVAN WEINER NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY . Portions of this column are by Evan Weiner and Heather Rascher from &#8221;A Business History of Professional Football,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gordon Wright: 66 and Still Waiting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Gordon Wright played for four seasons: 1967 &#8211; 1968 for the Philadelphia Eagles and then 1969 &#8211; 1971 for the New York Jets. Like most retired players, Gordon&#8217;s been trying to access his full disability and pension benefits for years now and it&#8217;s finally reached the courts. . One of the dumbest arguments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discarded NFL Players are Often Forgotten in Retirement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reprinted in its entirety with permission from Evan Weiner: Discarded NFL players are often forgotten in retirement Friday, 23 July 2010 Johnny Unitas . BY EVAN WEINER NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM THE POLITICS OF SPORTS BUSINESS As National Football League training camps begin to open up around the country, (the New York Jets in Cortland, N.Y. on Aug. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Honeymoon&#8217;s Over</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 22:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Memo to DeMaurice Smith, . Your statement as recently quoted in The Charlotte Observer, “The rift we had in the past with our former players is over,” said Smith. “It is done.” is simply not true. (You can read the article by clicking HERE.) NOTHING could be further from the truth. Where did you come [...]]]></description>
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