This is a copy of a handout given out by the NFLPA to show their great work to Certified Contract Advisors at the annual Sports Lawyers Association conference recently held in San Diego CA.
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So if they did such a great job, where did all that money go for the retired players? The NFL has now officially stated for the record that they were already offering to put up 51% of what was needed to cover an increase to widows’ benefits if the NFLPA put up the other 49% (read about that on an earlier post – click HERE). And a large number of retired players are still reporting back that they have yet to even hear back from the fund on their Legacy Benefits while others are already receiving their retroactive checks and increased payments. So maybe it’s time to stop bragging and show retired players and their families the money, Mr. Smith.
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We’ve posted a copy of the handout to Scribd for viewing and to make it downloadable. You can also click the Fullscreen button in the lower right corner of the screen to enlarge it for easier navigation (just hit the ESC key to close):
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2012 SLA NFLPA Meeting Notes
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Best analysis so far from Mike Florio on ProFootballTalk:
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Click HERE to read that article.
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Over the long weekend, attorneys for the Retired Players Class Action lawsuit against the NFL, its owners, the former NFLPA and active players filed another amended 64-page complaint with the US District Court in Minnesota.
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Filed Second Amended Retired Football Players Complaint
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The amended complaint has already had some coverage in the national media:
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Retired players’ complaint takes aim at Drew Brees
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OK – many of you readers have had some time to look over that LM-2 we posted on Monday (click HERE to go to that post). We’ve already been receiving some e-mails on different tidbits that some of our readers have discovered:
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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:
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Wow!
We already have guys like Mike Florio starting to work toward dividing the Players who were recognized in the suit. Seems to me that there are always those who want to pit players against one another like Pit Bull Dogs. Why didn’t Mike mention that the Man who initiated the suit and provided the early financing is not even a member of the Class and isn’t even getting paid. (Click HERE to read that post from Mike Florio on ProFootballTalk).
I think that folks should just calm down a bit and give both Parrish and Smith time to gather their thoughts and we can hear how they see it all in thirty days or so. I just hope that all of the boys who do get paid will kick in the $1,000.00 to the war chest that Bernie has requested for the legal actions that we have planned so that ALL retired players can get a few bucks next time.
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There’s an old saying that the definition of stupid is doing the same thing over and over again thinking that the results are going to be different. You would think that with as many people from inside and outside sources telling him to keep his mouth shut, Gene Upshaw would finally learn to keep his mouth shut. Every time he opens it, his foot seems to have a nasty habit of ending up in there. But after years of running wild with no interference, Upshaw seems to be at a point in his life where he’s above it all; he knows everything and heaven help anyone who disagrees with him. He knows the law, he knows business and he understands how to stay in power at all costs.
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