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	<title>Dave Pear&#039;s Blog &#187; NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith</title>
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		<title>David Cornwell&#8217;s Letter to Agents about DeMaurice Smith</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2012/01/david-cornwells-letter-to-agents-about-demaurice-smith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, a story made its way across the sports networks about an 11-page letter from attorney and player/agent advisor David Cornwell criticizing NFLPA Executive Director&#8217;s performance in general and his handling of the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in particular. Interestingly, one of the first posts about this memo actually came from the NFL. . [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patsy Lewis: Where&#8217;s the R-E-S-P-E-C-T?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=11194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On January 13, 2012, I called the NFLPA office to inquire about the Legacy benefit. I was instructed to call Cynthia Timpson at the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle office to discuss the matter. My late husband was a pre-93 player, and from my understanding the 2012 CBA agreement states, “All players who vested under the Bert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Larry Kaminski: A New Scam Against Workers&#8217; Comp Claims</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2012/01/larry-kaminski-a-new-scam-against-workers-comp-claims/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Kaminski</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=11059</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[. Larry Kaminski has been keeping us updated on his battle against the Denver Broncos filed in California under their Workers Compensation laws. The Broncos current ownership is trying to have their case heard and dismissed in Federal Court based on their claim that when they bought the team, they only acquired the assets and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bette Schwager: I Will NOT Sign That Release!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=10966</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Dave has been talking with Bette Schwager over the past few weeks about her treatment (or mistreatment) at the hands of the NFLPA and the Players Assistance Trust (PAT). We asked her to write the story in her own words so that our readers can understand just a little of the senseless treatment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let the Posturing Begin</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=10931</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You would think that the NFLPA would have learned by now that any time they let attorney Jeffrey Kessler into a lawsuit, they may as well count on things taking longer and costing more. In case there are still some of you out there who aren&#8217;t familiar with Kessler, he represented the NFLPA in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NFLPA: Your Check is NOT in the Mail</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/11/nflpa-your-check-is-not-in-the-mail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we are coming up to the end of November and as you can see from a lot of the comments on earlier posts, everyone would like to know where those big, fat pension increases have gone. This morning, I received another local NFLPA communiqué from Sam McCullum and once again, it&#8217;s a lot of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dan Pastorini Tells It Like It Is</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<title>Want More Info on Retired Players&#8217; &#8220;Benefits&#8221;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=10870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past couple of weeks, absolutely nothing of any serious significance or substance out of the NFLPA regarding retired players pensions especially that new Legacy Fund, other than a lot of the same chest-thumping and empty rhetoric that everyone has been hearing since the lockout ended late this summer. It would certainly seem like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Next Lawsuit: Can You Hear Us Now?</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/10/next-lawsuit-can-you-hear-us-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NFLPA just announced their 2012 convention to be held once again at the Marco Island Marriott in Florida next March. Retired players are also invited to actually mingle with active players for $250 a night! Lots of golf, fine dining and everything else&#8230; except talking about the real issues that retired players actually need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deafness Declared a Disability at the NFLPA</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/10/deafness-declared-a-disability-at-the-nflpa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. In our last post - click HERE if you&#8217;d like to read it again &#8211; we posted an exchange of e-mails from Bob Kuechenberg with questions on the current CBA, the Legacy Fund and benefits in general for retired players (particularly the pre-93ers). For weeks, those within the NFLPA have been stonewalling retirees with [...]]]></description>
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