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NFLPA’s Plan 88 Assisting Former Players With Dementia
http://proathletesonly.com/ news/ locker-room/ nflpas-plan-88-assisting-former-p…Sylvia Mackey never imagined that a heartfelt letter she wrote would be a factor in the creation of a new benefit to help players suffering from dementia. She simply wanted to tell her husband John’s story and ask for help. John Mackey, like many other former players, suffers from dementia, and the late NFLPA Executive Director Gene Upshaw wanted to do something about it.
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Legal Background on the CBS Sports v. NFLPA Case
http://rotonation.com/ ?p=1529An interesting article came out in the AmLaw Daily today concerning the CBS Sports v. NLFPA case. Who Owns Sports Stats? Maybe A Question for the Supreme Court. The case provides a bit o background on the case and offers some legal perspective on the issue.
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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up
http://www.sportsagentblog.com/ 2008/ 10/ 10/ shabbat-shalom-friday-wrap-up-49/Want to really appreciate life, at least for a day? Then try to fast from sun-down one day to sun-down the next. Me and my Jewish brethren (including Ryan Braun, Kevin Youkilis, and others) finished accomplishing that feat last night. Nothing beats the break-fast meal. I am back home in South
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Bad News Out Of Newport News
http://www.sportsagentblog.com/ 2008/ 10/ 07/ bad-news-out-of-newport-news/Many college football enthusiasts remember former Alabama wide-receiver, Tyrone Prothro, for the disgusting injury he suffered against the Gators (pictured right). Jason Goggins has Prothro in his head permanently for a different reason. Goggins used to be an NFLPA agent at Savage Sports Management,
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Former Vikings RB Smith Declines Top NFLPA Post
http://www.nflgridirongab.com/ 2008/ 10/ 07/ former-vikings-rb-smith-declines-to…Although his name had been mentioned for the vacant executive director position for the NFLPA, ex-Minnesota Vikings running back Robert Smith, according to Sean Jensen of Pioneer Press, has said that he is not pushing to become the labor union’s next head, stating that this is not the right time in his life to take on this job.
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NFLPA Mandatory Insurance
http://www.sportsagentblog.com/ 2008/ 10/ 06/ nflpa-mandatory-insurance/The cost of being an agent can take quite a toll for someone looking to get into the industry without a large bankroll behind him/her. There are state registration fees (which need to be paid if you are recruiting student athletes), players associations charge fees (minus baseball), and if you want
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More Than 2,000 Former NFL Players Sue NFLPA
http://proathletesonly.com/ news/ locker-room/ more-than-2000-former-nfl-players…Nearly 2,100 former NFL players say they’ve been unfairly roughed up by the National Football League Players Association and want a jury to award them $100 million in damages. The lawsuit claims the players’ union and its marketing wing, Players Inc, botched multimillion-dollar deals with 96 vendors that use the likenesses of athletes in ads, collector cards and video games.
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NFL Players Hosts a Fantasy Fantasy Football Game (Not a Typo)
http://rotonation.com/ ?p=1479As far as I can tell, this might be a fantasy first. The NFL Player’s Association (NFLPA) is hosting its own NFLPA Fantasy Pick’em this season. The difference is that fantasy players are picking the winners of the fantasy football match-ups in the the NFLPA’s Players League.
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NFL Retirees Say EA, NFLPA Cheated Them on "Madden" Games
http://www.dmwmedia.com/ news/ 2008/ 09/ 30/ nfl-retirees-say-ea%2C-nflpa-cheate…Los Angeles - A number of retired NFL players have filed a lawsuit claiming that the NFL Players, Inc. and game publisher Electronic Arts (NASD: ERTS) conspired to deprive them of fees from the use of their likenesses in the wildly popular "Madden NFL" game franchise, GamePolitics reported.
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Exclusive Deal Not Good For All Players
http://www.aeropause.com/ 2008/ 09/ exclusive-deal-not-good-for-all-players/So it seems that the EA NFL exclusivity deal has marred by more than disdain from the gamers. For those just joining us, way back in 2004 EA was able to sign an deal w/ the NFL, NFLPA, etc for exclusive rights to anything NFL: players, teams, statistics, stadiums, etc.
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