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	<title>Dave Pear&#039;s Blog &#187; Roger Goodell</title>
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		<title>Brent Boyd: Meanwhile Back at the NFL PR Ranch</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/10/meanwhile-back-at-the-nfl-pr-ranch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Boyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We understand that this past Wednesday evening, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was given an Impact Award at the Sports Legacy Institute&#8216;s Third Annual Impact Awards held in Boston MA. SLI has been involved with Boston University in the forensic study of the long-term effects of concussions on athletes&#8217; brains. Many players have already pledged their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>George Visger: Water on the Brain</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/10/george-visger-water-on-the-brain/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/10/george-visger-water-on-the-brain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Visger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Many of you have been following our friend, George Visger&#8217;s recent brain shunt emergency this past weekend. The good news is that George made a strong recovery from this recent episode and we&#8217;re posting more details that have just come in from George below. As gory and complex as some of it may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Wonderful Benefits Programs con&#8217;d</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/05/our-wonderful-benefits-programs/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/05/our-wonderful-benefits-programs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 16:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[disability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Akin Gump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Players Retirement Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Duerson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Van Note]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=7235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of May, I had mailed and posted a series of questions to Mary-Ann Fleming, the NFL&#8217;s Director of Player Benefits. (Click HERE to read the original questions I&#8217;d submitted.) A week later, I received a short letter from them informing me that she was away on business and then on vacation. Nearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking News: Oct. 20, 2009</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/10/breaking-news-oct-20-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=3979</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Before everyone and their brother jumps in to try and take credit for it, DeMaurice Smith and his crew have been working with the NFL to protect retired players&#8217; disability benefits during a potential lockout in 2010. So De Smith was right &#8211; without the express agreement of the NFL, retired players&#8217; benefits could have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Grant: Retired Players Aren&#8217;t Stupid, Roger!</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/10/retired-players-arent-stupid-roger/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/10/retired-players-arent-stupid-roger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Grant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=3948</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It &#8216;s almost comical when you look at the bill of goods the NFL and the Alumni are now trying to sell to Retired Players and the Public. &#62;&#62;&#62; Picture this: You’ve seen this movie! The crowd in the lynch mob is saying that because they care so much about you, they&#8217;re going to now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Simple Lesson in Civics</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/10/a-simple-lesson-in-civics/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/10/a-simple-lesson-in-civics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=3909</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First of all, we want to congratulate George Martin for his appointment as the Executive Director of the NFL Alumni Association; George was selected from a broad range of talented candidates with hats in the ring. George steps into this newly-created, salaried position at the Alumni. The choice was appropriate and George Martin is well-liked. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE Best Take on NFL Brain Damage Studies</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/10/best-take-nfl-brain-damage-studies/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/10/best-take-nfl-brain-damage-studies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once in a while, we run across a piece so well-written and easy-to-understand that to try and improve on it would be a waste of time. The following is a recent post written by Jordan Kobritz in The Seymour Herald (out of Seymour, Tennessee) and we&#8217;re posting the entire piece with the kind permission of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Hot Topic</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/06/a-hot-topic/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/06/a-hot-topic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=2288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the presentations that drew a lot of attention during The Summit was from Bruce Laird of Fourth and Goal. Fourth and Goal has been in ongoing discussions with the NFL to use the NFL Alumni organization as a possible platform for advocacy of disability and pension reform. At the conclusion of The Summit, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Putting Everyone on the Same Page</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/05/putting-everyone-on-the-same-page/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/05/putting-everyone-on-the-same-page/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 00:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=2111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The news has been incredibly blunt in these hard times: Medicare and Social Security could be hitting the wall in 8 years. It&#8217;s going to hit everyone hard, especially the baby boomers and those who can ill afford to lose it. For many, what little assistance they might get from Medicare and SSI is all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Upshaw Legacy</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2008/08/the-upshaw-legacy/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2008/08/the-upshaw-legacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Gene Upshaw now gone to a different place, the NFLPA and its management have a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bring about a lot of long overdue changes. We can only hope that everyone sees it that way and will take advantage of the short window that&#8217;s now open in a vacuum that comes from [...]]]></description>
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