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		<title>Larry Kaminski: A New Scam Against Workers&#8217; Comp Claims</title>
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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>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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=10743</guid>
		<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>Spencer Kopf: Forget Tomorrow &#8211; The Time is NOW!</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/07/spencer-kopf-forget-tomorrow-the-time-is-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 06:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spencer Kopf</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=10317</guid>
		<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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		<title>How Lies Spread and How Revolutions Start on the Internet</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/07/lies-spread-revolutions-start-on-the-internet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: 9:30 PM PST &#8211; Judy Battista&#8217;s story just posted on the New York Times &#8211; Click HERE to read this breaking story. . On Friday afternoon, a small group of us were informed about the details a conference call that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell had with the attorneys and a small team of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evan Weiner: NFL&#8217;s big game against the players starts this week in Minneapolis</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/04/evan-weiner-nfls-big-game-against-the-players/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:19:22 +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 NFL&#8217;s big game against the players starts this week in Minneapolis . Tuesday, 5 April 2011 . BY EVAN WEINER NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY . Portions of this column are by Evan Weiner and Heather Rascher from &#8221;A Business History of Professional Football,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 2009 NFLPA LM-2 is Out!</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/06/the-2009-nflpa-lm-2-is-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just finally managed to download and convert a copy of the entire 637-page NFLPA 2009 LM-2 that was officially filed with the Dept. of Labor on May 28, 2010. It&#8217;s another big one! . Some interesting notes on our first cursory review: This year, the document&#8217;s signed by Union President Kevin Mawae AND Treasurer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers In and Lawyers Out</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/03/lawyers-in-and-lawyers-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that the NFLPA was under the rule of lawyers for decades when departed Executive Director Gene Upshaw ran the place. We&#8217;ve covered many of the lawyers inside over the past couple of years. And current Executive Director DeMaurice Smith recently alluded to the conflict of interest posed by the Groom Law Group with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valerie Thomas: A Necessary Casualty</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/03/valerie-thomas-a-necessary-casualty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moran vs. NFLPA and NFL Players Inc. Does the NFLPA think the same way about you? . Former NFLPA Director of Human Resources Mary Moran is at WAR against the NFLPA and she is taking no prisoners. In August 2009 Moran filed a $4 million lawsuit that claimed sex discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termination of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valerie Thomas Answers Bob Grant&#8217;s Questions</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/02/valerie-thomas-answers-bob-grants-questions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our last post &#8211; Valerie Thomas: Life Under Upshaw &#8211; former NFLPA Research Analyst and Paralegal Valerie Thomas discussed her years of abuse and violation of her employee&#8217;s rights under the heavy hand of departed Executive Director Gene Upshaw and his inner circle. Bob Grant had posted several questions to her in the comments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valerie Thomas: Life Under Upshaw</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/02/valerie-thomas-life-under-upshaw/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dave, . Thank you for your earlier comment and for allowing me to be an active participant on your blog. . It’s hard to accept that a union whose efforts that you supported, including financially, would turn against you in your time of need: your  post-football career. . I know first-hand what it feels like [...]]]></description>
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