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An Unanswered Letter

4 December 2009

This was a congratulatory letter sent from the NFLPA on Nov. 10th, 2009 to George Martin upon his selection as Executive Director of the New NFL Alumni. It’s signed by the NFLPA Steering Committee and NFLPA Chapter Presidents. To date, it has remained unanswered.

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President Harry Truman had a sign on his desk that read “The Buck Stops Here.” I always liked him when I was a kid because he was a plain and simple, straight-forward guy who was willing to take full responsibility for solving problems.

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Zero from FreeFoto.comWe were hoping that the staggering traffic jam from George Martin’s new NEW NFL Alumni Association’s Recruiting Dinner on Saturday night would have generated loads of press coverage on Monday (our earlier post on the event click HERE). But so far, nothing in the New York Times, the New York Post or CNN or FOX. And there’s absolutely nothing on the Alumni’s own site at all. In fact, when you go to their new NEW website – NFLAlumniAssociation.com, based on George Martin’s new NEW e-mail address – it still isn’t even up yet. (Click on screen shots to enlarge.)

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