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		<title>Why They Pay DeMaurice Smith the Big Bucks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 01:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a copy of a handout given out by the NFLPA to show their great work to Certified Contract Advisors at the annual Sports Lawyers Association conference recently held in San Diego CA. . So if they did such a great job, where did all that money go for the retired players? The NFL [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Anyone Even Remember This Study?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Thurs. May 9, 2012 10:40 pm PST . Uploaded complete 896-page study to Scribd ; go to bottom of this post to read. . How many of you even remember that way back in 1991, the Dept. of Health &#38; Human Services sent out questionnaires to a large group of us retired NFL [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asking Tough Questions and Other Good Advice</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2012/02/asking-tough-questions-and-other-good-advice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=11348</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With so many lawsuits being filed right now, we&#8217;ve been flooded with a lot of inquiries and questions on who to join and how to contact the various firms and groups. While Dave has taken a plaintiff position with Goldberg Persky &#38; White in the concussion and helmet lawsuit and with Hausfeld LLP in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dan Pastorini Gets the Boot from George Martin</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2012/01/dan-pastorini-gets-the-boot-from-george-martin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Pastorini</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=11129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dave - . After reading over the NFL Alumni&#8217;s Group Licensing Agreement, I decided to notify them that I couldn&#8217;t &#8211; and wouldn&#8217;t &#8211; accept their GLA which has developed virtually no revenue whatsoever for retired players. In fact, it looks to be clearly designed to impact and damage the Dryer v. NFL lawsuit on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second Legacy Fund Letters Arriving</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2012/01/second-legacy-fund-letters-arriving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=11077</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: We just received this today from retired player John Griffin. We hope someone will review and provide comments on this set of documents. You can find suggested Addendum wording to add to your signed documents on an earlier post &#8211; click HERE. . Here is a copy of the second packet I received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disability Increases Arriving</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/12/disability-increases-arriving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=11042</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I had mentioned in an earlier post, a deposit showed up last Friday in my bank account that wasn&#8217;t quite as much as my normal disability payment (and they always show up on the first of the month). It wasn&#8217;t until yesterday that a letter arrived in my mail to explain what several of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CBA Settlement Details Now Online</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/12/cba-settlement-details-now-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=11015</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We now have a publicly available copy of the Settlement Agreement details and the subsequent Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) made when the CBA was ratified. The individual active players (Brady et al) agreed to drop their suits that were filed against the NFL when the Union decertified during the lockout. We&#8217;re posting this for weekend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest Update Newsletter from Hausfeld LLP &amp; Zelle Hofmann</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/12/newsletter-2-hausfeld-llp-zelle-hofmann/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a yearend update from Hausfeld LLP and Zelle Hofmann including articles from disability attorney John Hogan and George Visger. . We&#8217;ve uploaded their newsletter to Scribd for easy viewing and to make it downloadable for printing. You can also click the Enlarge icon in the center of the menu at the bottom of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bette Schwager: I Will NOT Sign That Release!</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/12/bette-schwager-i-will-not-sign-that-release/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=10966</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Dave has been talking with Bette Schwager over the past few weeks about her treatment (or mistreatment) at the hands of the NFLPA and the Players Assistance Trust (PAT). We asked her to write the story in her own words so that our readers can understand just a little of the senseless treatment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Legacy Letters Arriving</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/12/first-legacy-letters-arriving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you have already received your first letter from the NFL/NFLPA Benefits Office. The letter appears to be a standard letter that declares how your funds will be paid out by the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Players Retirement Plan. (Thanks to John Griffin for getting a copy of his letter to us so quickly!) [...]]]></description>
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