Patsy Lewis: Where’s the R-E-S-P-E-C-T?
On January 13, 2012, I called the NFLPA office to inquire about the Legacy benefit. I was instructed to call Cynthia Timpson at the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle office to discuss the matter. My late husband...
View ArticleDavid Cornwell’s Letter to Agents about DeMaurice Smith
Yesterday, a story made its way across the sports networks about an 11-page letter from attorney and player/agent advisor David Cornwell criticizing NFLPA Executive Director’s performance in general...
View ArticleGeorge Visger: An Open Letter to DeMaurice Smith
. March 4, 2012 . De, . On January 6, 2012, I met with Congresswoman Linda Sanchez at her southern California office with Mr. Mike Greenhaulgh, part owner/operator of the Sacramento Hyperbaric Oxygen...
View Article10 Questions We’ll be Asking at Our Next IFV Conference
If you haven’t signed up to attend our Second Annual Independent Football Veterans Conference this April 20 – 22 in Las Vegas, you may want to book your plane tickets and rooms this week while the...
View ArticleEvan Weiner: Is high school football an endangered species?
Posted with the express consent of Evan Weiner: THE BUSINESS AND POLITICS OF SPORTS . Wednesday, 9 May 2011 . BY EVAN WEINER NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY . It is that time of the year when school...
View ArticleEvan Weiner: Why Steve Bartkowski is Suing the NFL
Posted with the express consent of Evan Weiner: THE BUSINESS AND POLITICS OF SPORTS . Tuesday, 15 May 2011 . BY EVAN WEINER NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY . Steve Bartkowski, a newly elected member...
View ArticleWhy They Pay DeMaurice Smith the Big Bucks
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...
View ArticleNDPA: Class Warfare in the NFLPA’s Version of the CBA
First, some news and the intro: Retired players lost Round 1 in their battle to wrest control of their pensions and benefits away from the NFLPA. In her final motion filed last week in Minnesota court,...
View ArticleJohn Hogan: What Happened with the NFL Alumni?
EDITOR’S NOTE: Now that some of the dust has settled from the fallout of George Martin’s 2-year tenure as Executive Director of the NFL Alumni, there are a lot of questions still left unanswered....
View ArticleNFLPA: You’re NOT a Real Union
More news on the battle against the NFLPA. Hausfeld LLP issued a public statement on behalf of retired football players to Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO, stating the case for the expulsion...
View ArticleTo the NFLPA: Retired Players Want Real Referees Too!
Last Friday, the NFLPA wrote a sanctimonious letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell regarding their indignation over the League’s use of replacement referees in this new season. The NFLPA has...
View ArticleNFLPA: Our Way or the Highway
Another inside look at how the NFLPA functions at its core particularly when it comes to retired players: Bruce Laird spent many years alongside Sam Havrilak as officers of the local chapter for the...
View ArticleBruce Laird: Mixed Messages
EDITOR’S NOTE: Fourth & Goal’s Bruce Laird sent in his comments and observations after reading the recent ESPN article from last Friday, Mixed Messages on Brain Injuries. (Click HERE to read the...
View ArticleFrom the You-Can’t-Make-This-Stuff-Up Dept.
Seriously. Most of our readers have no idea about some of the stuff that comes through to us while running this blog. For those of you who post comments, you’ll know that all comments are held for...
View ArticleIrv Muchnick: Harvard Hits NFLPA $100 Million Jackpot
Posted with the express consent of Irv Muchnick from his blog Concussion Inc.: .. Harvard Hits the Concussion Inc. Jackpot: 10 Years, $100 Million From NFL Players for a Tiny and Misrepresented Study...
View ArticleCharity Begins at Home
Like the old saying goes, “Charity Begins at Home.” Americans are among the most generous people in the world. Recently, a list was published that actually listed some of the top nonprofits in America...
View ArticleSpencer Kopf: Facts and Not Fiction in the History of the NFLPA
EDITOR’S NOTE: Our friend, Spencer Kopf, called in and was miffed to read an e-mail from Jeff Nixon that described the NFLPA’s great historical contributions to advancing the livelihood of its players....
View ArticleIFV 2013: Life Inside the Real NFL Family
Brain concussions. CTE. Alcohol and drugs. Take these issues that have only recently become more openly discussed along with 101 more ingredients in family life and you have a very complicated recipe...
View ArticleNFL Films: We’re STILL Mad as Hell!
ADDITIONAL NOTE – ADDED MAY 29, 2013: We received a letter from attorney Dan Gustafson late yesterday and have made some editorial changes as marked in our post below along with important questions...
View ArticlePatrick Hruby: The Wrong Man For The Job
EDITOR’S NOTE: Is there a pattern here? As always, nothing ever really changes with the NFL (and the NFLPA by association). After years of propaganda and misinformation, the League announced that Dr....
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