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		<title>Evan Weiner: Why Steve Bartkowski is Suing the NFL</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 02:30:00 +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 . Tuesday, 15 May 2011 . BY EVAN WEINER NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY . Steve Bartkowski, a newly elected member of the National Football Foundation&#8217;s College Hall of Fame, is one of hundreds of former National Football League players who are suing their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evan Weiner: Is high school football an endangered species?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 16:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted with the express consent of Evan Weiner: THE BUSINESS AND POLITICS OF SPORTS . Wednesday, 9 May 2011 . BY EVAN WEINER NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY . It is that time of the year when school boards have to get budgets in place for the new school calendar and the 2012-13 school year. The people who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evan Weiner: Junior Seau&#8217;s death? Another football statistic?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:39:22 +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 . Wednesday, 2 May 2011 . BY EVAN WEINER NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY . I didn&#8217;t know Junior Seau although I met him on the day he was drafted into the National Football League in 1990 and probably interviewed him after a football [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bounties, Lawsuits and More for the Weekend</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2012/03/bounties-lawsuits-and-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 06:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As big a deal as the League and Commissioner Goodell made of the Saints&#8217; bounty program, you&#8217;d think it was something that no one ever knew about over the years and years that it&#8217;s been going on at all levels of the game. This story&#8217;s been in the headlines for the past couple of week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Questions We&#8217;ll be Asking at Our Next IFV Conference</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2012/03/10-questions-at-the-ifv-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t signed up to attend our Second Annual Independent Football Veterans Conference this April 20 &#8211; 22 in Las Vegas, you may want to book your plane tickets and rooms this week while the rates are still low. Sign up for our Conference and reserve your room by clicking HERE. This year, we&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>George Visger: An Open Letter to DeMaurice Smith</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2012/03/george-visger-an-open-letter-to-demaurice-smith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Visger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. March 4, 2012 . De, . On January 6, 2012, I met with Congresswoman Linda Sanchez at her southern California office with Mr. Mike Greenhaulgh, part owner/operator of the Sacramento Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment center where I have been receiving treatments for the last two years, and Dr. William Duncan, President of the Hyperbaric Medical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Hogan: An Open Letter to the NFL &amp; Retired Players Regarding the Alumni</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2012/02/john-hogan-open-letter-to-nfl-retired-players-regarding-the-alumni/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hogan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have recently read the expose of George Martin and the NFL Alumni Association written by A. J. Perez and Alex Marvez for FOX Sports. We have also read the accounts of the Alumni’s press conference from the Super Bowl; and of their Board of Directors’ support for George Martin. . I am not a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The George Martin Saga Continues&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2012/01/the-george-martin-saga-continues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOX Sports&#8216; A.J. Perez and Alex Marvez kick off Super Bowl week with a scathing exposé on the inner workings of the NFL Alumni and its Executive Director, George Martin. . One question we keep wondering about: Just exactly how many retired football player members does the NFL Alumni actually have? The one thing even the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madden vs. Paterno: It Never Happened</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/12/madden-vs-paterno-it-never-happened/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=10986</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re sorry but we just couldn&#8217;t help it. Comparing recent news involving two big-name coaches like John Madden and Joe Paterno Last week, John Madden came forward like the great leader he is and declared that they would now be taking players out of the game when they get concussed. In the Electronic Arts video [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NFLPA/NFL Benefits Announcement</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/11/nflpanfl-benefits-announcement/</link>
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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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