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• Confirming the NFL’s Idea of Cutting Costs

  
  Dave Pear's Official Blog — Authority: 125
  While The NFLPA is continuing to implement cuts to overhead and expenses, as well as advising its active players to start saving as much money as they can, the NFL is apparently cutting any and all outlays that don’t put money in their pocket... .... Before there’s any more doubt and in-fighting about the ...
  2 days ago

• Stepping Up to the Plate

  
  Dave Pear's Official Blog — Authority: 125
  This piece just arrived from The Boston Globe’s Ron Borges. Mixed in between the lines on the great news about a quarterback- Tom Brady – finally breaking ranks with his counterparts is another completely separate story: It’s one of the best outlines detailing some of the sordid history of side deals that set ...
  4 days ago

• Bob Grant: NFL Already Diverting Retired Player Funds

  
  Dave Pear's Official Blog — Authority: 125
  President Harry Truman had a sign on his desk that read “The Buck Stops Here.” I always liked him when I was a kid because he was a plain and simple, straight-forward guy who was willing to take full responsibility for solving problems.— The NFL Owners should have signs on their desks that read [...]
  6 days ago

• Bernie Parrish on Judge Alsup’s Final Orders

  
  Dave Pear's Official Blog — Authority: 125
  On November 23, 2009, in San Francisco, California, Federal District Court Judge William Alsup rendered a blistering set of three orders approving the settlement agreement in Parrish & Adderley vs. NFLPA Players Inc. However, in rendering the orders, Judge Alsup said of the award of attorneys fees, “When ...
  1 week ago

• Amen, Terry Bradshaw!

  
  Dave Pear's Official Blog — Authority: 125
  The NFL doesn’t seem to care about their active players and they despise the retired players! All they offer is lip service to serious and life-changing head injuries. Unless a player is carried off the field on national TV, it’s almost impossible for a retired player to access any disability benefits. And his ...
  1 week ago

• Weekend Coverage on Concussions

  
  Dave Pear's Official Blog — Authority: 125
  More momentum on the concussion front as the brain injury story continues to makes its way upstream into the mainstream media. This seems to be one story that’s becoming harder and harder for the NFL to suppress or spin – Thank you, Doctor No!AAAFriday’s MacNeil Lehrer Report covered many of the highlights from ...
  1 week ago

• Bernie Parrish: Delay, Dismiss, Deny

  
  Dave Pear's Official Blog — Authority: 125
  Roger Goodell, Chairman of the "Abuse of Discretion Committee" that they call The Retirement Board gets caught red-handed, so now we have people thanking him for putting a minuscule part of his loot back on the counter?
  2 weeks ago

• Documentary Blood Equity on DVD

  
  Dave Pear's Official Blog — Authority: 125
  They say a picture is worth a thousand words. So producing a film about life after football for many of the old warriors should speak volumes.
  2 weeks ago

• Latebreaking News on GLA Payout

  
  Dave Pear's Official Blog — Authority: 125
  Well, it’s finally official!AAAOur sources tell us that Judge Alsup did indeed sign off on the final settlement agreement for the Parrish vs. NFLPA/Players Inc. lawsuit. Once the signed order makes its way into the system officially, we anticipate first checks should probably be going out in early ...
  2 weeks ago

• Friday Morning News

  
  Dave Pear's Official Blog — Authority: 125
  Lead story for Friday morning: NFLPA Executive Director DeMaruice Smith calls for ouster of Dr. No. – Ira Casson. New York Times‘ Alan Schwarz writes:AAA“Ouster of N.F.L.’s Voice on Concussions SoughtBy ALAN SCHWARZThe National Football League Players Association is calling for the removal of Dr. Ira Casson as ...
  2 weeks ago

• NFLPA seeks concussion experts removal

  
  Football news from a chick — Authority: 151
  National Football League Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith The NFL players union has requested the removal of a doctor as co-chairman of the leagues committee on concussions, claiming he is too biased to lead the group, the New York Times reported this morning. Dr. Ira Casson has tried ...
  2 weeks ago

• An Open Letter from George Visger

  
  Dave Pear's Official Blog — Authority: 125
  Fellow independent retired 49′er, George Visger, recently sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith. He was kind enough to share his letter with all of us. George has managed to continue his ongoing battle with the NFL and the NFLPA for recognition and fair ...
  3 weeks ago

• NFL militants rise up v. oppression

  
  The Union News. — Authority: 449
  Obama-connected unionist made Rush in to the new Rosa ParksPhiladelphia commuters had to endure the recent SEPTA strike that denied them bus and subway rides. Will football fans face similar anger and frustration in 2011?Eagles cornerback Sheldon Brown and teammates will face the San Diego Chargers today, but Brown ...
  3 weeks ago

• Joke of the Day: Madden in Charge of Head Trauma

  
  Dave Pear's Official Blog — Authority: 125
  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’ owner Gay Culverhouse regarding the complete lack of advocacy for the players when it comes to brain injuries: ...
  3 weeks ago

• NFL Rookie Wage Scale Being Discussed

  
  WaitingForNextYear — Authority: 147
  Pro Football Talk is reporting that the meetings between the NFL and player’s association are now starting to get into financial details.  Specifically, they report by way of SportsBusiness Journal that the concept of a rookie wage scale could very well be on the table now.  The NFL is the best-run league in the ...
  3 weeks ago

• NFL militant talks labor peace

  
  The Union News. — Authority: 449
  NFLs new adversarial union thug is well-connected with Obama AdministrationWhile the dire economy is the primary reason to bet against labor peace in the NFL, another good one is new Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith. The NFLPA is generally seen as the weakest of the sports unions because its the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Re-Inventing the Wheel… Over and Over and Over

  
  Dave Pear's Official Blog — Authority: 125
  It turns out that the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) turned out a very detailed study on MTBI (Mild Traumatic Brain Injury) and it was released to Congress… back in 2003! Their findings are dramatic and conducted with the kind of solid methodology that all valid studies need to follow. In the Appendix, they even ...
  4 weeks ago

• Tuesday QB (on Thursday) for week 8

  
  FryingPan Sports — Authority: 120
  The Browns begin to clean house. The GM George Kokinis was frog-walked out of the facility. He should have been preceded by Head Coach Mangenous who is guilty of a lot more of the disaster than GK. There is no way describe the mess that Mangini has created. The team was better under the previous administration. ...
  4 weeks ago

• Those Women Testifying in Congress

  
  Dave Pear's Official Blog — Authority: 125
  Don’t let anyone fool you. Some of the toughest players in the retirees’ struggle with the NFL… are the ladies. No one needs to tell football players or their families about pride, determination, intelligence, grit and the heart it takes to engage in battle. Recently in Washington DC, it became openly clear ...
  5 weeks ago

• The NFL’s Dr. No

  
  Dave Pear's Official Blog — Authority: 125
  Congresswoman Linda Sanchez took 10 minutes to do a serious beat down of Commissioner Roger Goodell in the Congressional Hearings on brain injuries. You can watch her clip below but first we want to take a moment to introduce the new James Bond Dr. No: Ira Casson (we no longer want to call this idiot [...]
  5 weeks ago

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