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	<title>Dave Pear&#039;s Blog &#187; Tampa Bay Buccaneers</title>
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		<title>An Important Message to All Retired Players from Shawn Stuckey</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To all retired players: . On Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. your case will be argued against the NFLPA in front of Judge Susan Nelson in St. Paul, Minnesota. The NFLPA filed a Motion to Dismiss and this hearing will be to determine if your case is dismissed. . If you will recall, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Concussions and Strokes</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/09/concussions-and-strokes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An old teammate and someone I considered a friend passed away over the weekend. Last week, it had been reported &#8211; erroneously &#8211; that Lee Roy Selmon had died of a stroke in Tampa (click HERE to read the story). But then I received a phone call this weekend from a mutual teammate, Council Rudolph, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Concussions and Helmets: The Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2011/08/concussions-and-helmets-lawsuit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 04:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=10379</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I played football for the University of Washington Huskies and then went into the NFL first through the Baltimore Colts, on to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and eventually with the Raiders, we all wore Riddell helmets. Little did I know that Riddell was an official paying sponsor of the NFL and was the supplier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mikey Will Eat Anything!</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/09/mikey-will-eat-anything/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Retired Bengal and Buccaneer Tony Davis just addressed some additional comments to Nolan Harrison III &#8211; and the NFLPA &#8211; on their current proposal for a Legacy Fund. Tony addresses more facts and issues that need to be discussed now rather than AFTER the CBA negotiations and contract are finalized. Each time a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discarded NFL Players are Often Forgotten in Retirement</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/07/discarded-nfl-players-are-often-forgotten-in-retirement/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/07/discarded-nfl-players-are-often-forgotten-in-retirement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reprinted in its entirety with permission from Evan Weiner: Discarded NFL players are often forgotten in retirement Friday, 23 July 2010 Johnny Unitas . BY EVAN WEINER NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM THE POLITICS OF SPORTS BUSINESS As National Football League training camps begin to open up around the country, (the New York Jets in Cortland, N.Y. on Aug. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irv Cross: An Answer to Burt Grossman and Other Retired Players</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/02/irv-cross-answers-retired-players/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/02/irv-cross-answers-retired-players/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Pear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the more common questions coming in from recently retired players (the last 10 &#8211; 15 years) has been about severance pay. In our last post, both Lionel James and Burt Grossman mentioned that they weren&#8217;t even aware of any severance pay clauses. Irv Cross sent in a response through the Comments and we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay Culverhouse&#8217;s New Outreach Program</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/02/gay-culverhouses-new-outreach-program/</link>
		<comments>http://davepear.com/blog/2010/02/gay-culverhouses-new-outreach-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davepear.com/blog/?p=5901</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot of you out there probably still remember Gay Culverhouse&#8217;s passionate testimony in front of Congress last October. (You can read her testimony by clicking HERE.) During the time Gay Culverhouse was President of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, she witnessed firsthand many of the things that teams and team doctors do in treating their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dave&#8217;s Interviews in December</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2009/12/daves-interviews-in-december/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December ended up being a crazy busy month for Dave: 2 print interviews and 3 radio interviews so far. Dave&#8217;s primary focus has been on getting the word out on disability benefits and pensions, as well as answering some questions on the recent Parrish vs. Players Inc. GLA settlement. &#8230; Jeff Pearlman did a story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joke of the Day: Madden in Charge of Head Trauma</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have no idea how anyone missed this little tidbit from the Congressional hearings on brain concussions in the NFL. The media rightfully focused on stirring comments made by former Tampa Bay Buccaneers&#8217; owner Gay Culverhouse regarding the complete lack of advocacy for the players when it comes to brain injuries: The team doctors are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Behind the Scenes at the Alliance Meetings</title>
		<link>http://davepear.com/blog/2008/12/behind-the-scenes-at-the-alliance-meetings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RobertinSeattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More keeps coming out on the touchy-feely meetings that Commissioner Goodell has been conducting with the &#8220;Alliance&#8221; in league cities across the country. The first meeting held in Dallas ended with Disability Attorney being invited &#8211; and then uninvited &#8211; by John Wooten (read about that HERE) and as revealed in a series of interesting [...]]]></description>
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