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I’ve been following Dave’s ongoing attempts to get a check out of the NFL’s hip replacement program over the past couple of months. I’ve been amazed at Dave’s patience as Valerie Cross (the NFL’s Director of Player Benefits) and Eden Haloway, Mary-Ann Fleming (the NFL’s Manager of Player Benefits) kept requesting more and more details and copies of bills related to Dave’s injuries and hip surgery.

“Man, oh man,” I thought to myself. “As much as they’re wanting to know, they’re really going to help him out and finally issue him a decent check to cover some of his costs.” They had Dave send doctors’ names and numbers, copies of his various physical therapy bills, medications and other related expenses in great detail. In all, Dave must have spent well over a week’s worth of his time on the phone and going through files to send her everything she asked for.

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