Reprinted in its entirety with permission from Evan Weiner:
Discarded NFL players are often forgotten in retirement
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We’re still spending some time poring over that 2007 LM-2 filing from the NFLPA and, like everything else they do – there’s always surprises tucked into every corner. The LM-2 as close as we can get to audit-type numbers as we can find right now. We spent a lot of time trying to locate and download that document from the Dept. of Labor’s website (click HERE read that earlier post) and eventually, a friend in the media pointed us in the right direction. But before we finally discovered where to find it, we actually went ahead and placed an online order for a printed copy of the document to be sent out by US mail. Of course, we had no idea the thing would be well over 800 pages long at a cost of 15¢ a page! So we were somewhat relieved (it would have cost us well over $120 for one complete copy!) but also perplexed when we got this message back yesterday from the US Dept. of Labor (click image to enlarge for reading):
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Harry Carson was recently inducted into the Hall of Fame (HOF). During the ceremony, Harry took some time from his personal day of honor to point out the seldom-acknowledged contributions of the old players from the early days of the game. Jeff Nixon sent out a warm letter of recognition and we couldn’t agree more with him. BTW – Dave played in the Pro Bowl Game of ’79 with Harry.
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