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		<title>David Cornwell&#8217;s Letter to Agents about DeMaurice Smith</title>
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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>Irv Muchnick: 2012 Is the Year of the Tobacco-Style Lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irv Muchnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Holidays, Football and Sports Concussion Establishment: 2012 Is the Year of the Tobacco-Style Lawsuit Posted with the express consent of Irv Muchnick from his blog Concussion Inc.: Published December 26th, 2011. . “The year 2011 will be the one in which the American public and government confront the growing evidence of the public-health toll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madden vs. Paterno: It Never Happened</title>
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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>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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		<title>Dan Pastorini Tells It Like It Is</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/11/dan-pastorini-tells-it-like-it-is/</link>
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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>Some Weekend Reading Sept 23rd</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 06:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some reading material for your weekend. We have a recent newsletter from Hausfeld LLP and Zelle Hofmann that provides an update on much of what&#8217;s been happening with the retired players&#8217; lawsuit as well as recent information and links of interest to football players and fans alike regarding concussions. They also provide some straight-forward analysis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spencer Kopf: United We Win, Divided We Lose!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spencer Kopf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. . Over the past four and a half decades I have witnessed many, many, many, many acts of injustice, chicanery and dishonesty. Some of these acts occurred on the fields and arenas in sport (as a player, teammate and coach), some in the halls of justice, some in the media and press and others [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New CBA May Contain “Trojan Horse” for Disabled Players</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hogan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=10653</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[. By John V. Hogan, Esq. . The new CBA contains a provision that on its face appears to be of benefit to some retired NFL players receiving Total and Permanent disability benefits under the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan. Article 61, Section 2 (a) (i) provides that a player will be permitted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Hogan: ERISA 101</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hogan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: On Friday afternoon, NFLPA Disability Board Representative Sam McCullum wrote back to disability attorney John Hogan as part of our heated discussion on retired players&#8217; Disability Benefits and their rights under ERISA law. (Click HERE to go back to that earlier post and be sure to read all the comments that are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spencer Kopf: Forget Tomorrow &#8211; The Time is NOW!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 06:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spencer Kopf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past several days I have been asked by many, many retired NFL players to express to the CURRENT Players, the RETIRED Players, the PRESS, the MEDIA, the FANS and the GOVERNMENT, on why the time will eventually come to rid the great game of professional football, the arguably legally corrupt entity of the [...]]]></description>
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