3 days ago by Guest

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, [...]

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7 days ago by Keith Null

Clipped from: www.msnbc.msn.com ( share this clip) New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees hopes to cap a record-setting season by taking home the NFL’s top individual honor — the Most Valuable Player award — on Saturday night.It won’t come easy. For much of the 2011 season, pundits all but anoint ...

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9 days ago by RobertinSeattle

The Super Bowl show is now in full swing and today, George Martin and the NFL Alumni Board showed up for a full-court press conference to show unity behind their beloved leader. FOX Sports was in attendance and A.J. Perez covered it (comic book version at the bottom of the post) : . . NFL [...]

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11 days ago by RobertinSeattle

Yesterday, a story made its way across the sports networks about an 11-page letter from attorney and agent David Cornwell criticizing NFLPA Executive Director’s performance in general and his handling of the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in particular. Interestingly, one of the first po ...

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12 days ago by Craig Thomas

Lawyer David Cornwell thinks NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith needs to go when his contract is up in March. “Despite my greatest hopes, my personal experience reveals that (Smith’s) vision in 2008 was little more than an inside Washington political campaign – high on style, low on substance,” Cornwell wro ...

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17 days ago by sportsdoc

The National Football League announced NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has signed a contract extension through the 2018 season. The announcement was made by Atlanta Falcons Owner and Chairman Arthur M. Blank, who serves as chairman of the NFL Compensation Committee. NFL clubs unanimously approved a r ...

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19 days ago by Eric Geller

Edward Jones Dome Stadium issues for the Rams in St. Louis which could render their lease at the Edward Jones Dome null and void by 2014 which could return the franchise back to Los Angeles where it called home for 49 years prior to moving to the midwest in 1995. Owner Stan Kroenke committing one re ...

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20 days ago by Eric Geller

As if trying to catch the eye of pro football scouts wasn’t difficult and stressful enough for former Penn State Nittany Lion players Jon Rohrbaugh and Andrew Szczerba, getting the news their college coach was “near death” made their task even greater Saturday night. Playing for the American Confere ...

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21 days ago by RobertinSeattle

OK – so here we go again. We posted Dan Pastorini’s story about wanting to opt out of the NFL Alumni’s Group Licensing Agreement (click HERE to read that earlier post). On their membership page online, the GLA was automatically attached as a part of the membership process with no option to opt-out o ...

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44 days ago by Sean Bishop

In light of recent events in the National Football League, the focus on concussion trauma is even more under a microscope. The fire reignited recently when Colt McCoy of the Cleveland Browns was hit in the head by none other than Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison. While I defended Harris ...

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