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	<title>Dave Pear&#039;s Blog &#187; NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith</title>
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		<title>Why They Pay DeMaurice Smith the Big Bucks</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2012/05/why-they-pay-demaurice-smith-the-big-bucks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 01:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. . So if they did such a great job, where did all that money go for the retired players? The NFL [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2012/05/evan-weiner-is-high-school-football-an-endangered-species/</link>
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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>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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=11402</guid>
		<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>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2012/03/george-visger-an-open-letter-to-demaurice-smith/#comments</comments>
		<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>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>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2012/01/patsy-lewis-wheres-the-r-e-s-p-e-c-t/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<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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		<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>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/12/bette-schwager-i-will-not-sign-that-release/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/12/bette-schwager-i-will-not-sign-that-release/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<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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		<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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