NFLPA Retired Players - Dave Pear's Blog

Watch for official announcement: Our Second Annual Independent Football Veterans Conference April 20 - 22 at the South Point in Las Vegas. - NFL Claims Workers’ Compensation Should Cover Players’ Head Injuries - FOX: Head-trauma Lawsuits Against NFL Swell - NY Times: Giants Beat Patriots in Final Rally 21 - 17 - NJ.com: Izenberg: At Super Bowl, John Mackey's widow speaks out against a cruel, arbitrary NFL rule - FOX: NFL to air Super Bowl ad on player safety - FOX Sports: 4 NFL concussion lawsuits being combined in Philadelphia - SportingNews: Concussion lawsuits could be tip of crisis for NFL

Jeff Nixon’s Letter to the NFL

13 November 2008

Right on, Jeff!

Mary-ann Fleming
Manager, Player Benefits
National Football League
280 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017

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Gene Upshaw says He & NFLPA Don’t Represent Retired Players

24 February 2008

You know, after reading and re-reading Michael Leahy’s piece from the Washington Post, I started to focus in on another one of Gene Upshaw’s gems from the article:

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