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Smith Shares Vision For Current and Former NFL Players at Super Bowl Press Conference 5 Feb 2010 | 12:30 pm
The NFLPA held their Super bowl press conference today and made announcements of particular interest to retired players of the National Football League. NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith was j...
Update on Former Bengal Reggie Williams 29 May 2009 | 12:37 pm
The Cincinnati Enquirer recently updated the health condition of former Bengals’ linebacker Reggie Williams. Seven months ago Williams was fighting to save his right leg that had been ravaged by foot...
New NFLPA Executive Director: “Union Has a Fiduciary Duty to Retired Players” 25 Apr 2009 | 04:34 pm
Newly elected NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith spoke with reporters in New York today and said the union has a fiduciary duty to retired players, which is in stark contrast to comments from hi...
NFLPA Elects New Executive Director 16 Mar 2009 | 03:51 pm
The NFLPA has elected a new executive director. After presentations by Trace Armstrong, David Cornwell, DeMaurice Smith, and Troy Vincent on Saturday, NFLPA player representatives had question-and-an...
Player Reps Should Initiate New Search Process This Weekend 13 Mar 2009 | 02:12 am
This weekend the NFLPA’s Board of Player Representatives will hold their annual meeting in Maui. Obviously, the biggest task at hand for the player reps is electing a new NFLPA Executive Director. T...
Former Player Examines How NFL Player Reps Are Elected 12 Mar 2009 | 11:40 am
Ross Tucker played six years in the NFL and now writes for Sports Illustrated Former player Ross Tucker, who played six years in the NFL, is now a writer for SportsIllustrated.com. In his latest art...
NFL Retired Players’ Class Action Appeal Could Take Years to Resolve 12 Mar 2009 | 02:44 am
Dan Kaplan of the SportsBusiness Journal reports that the appeal of the retired players $28.1 million dollar verdict against the NFLPA could take years to resolve. The lawsuit stems from the NFLPA’s ...
Is the NFLPA Retired Players Department Relevant? 6 Mar 2009 | 07:36 am
The current state of the NFLPA Retired Players Department has left many retirees looking for representation elsewhere. In recent years the membership of many chapters of the NFL Retired Players Assoc...
Another Executive Director Candidate Emerges 5 Mar 2009 | 06:59 am
The National Football Post reports attorney David Cornwell, who was once eliminated as a candidate for the NFLPA Executive Director position, is now back in the race. Cornwell received the written en...
The NFL Players Association Fifty Years Ago 27 Feb 2009 | 08:39 am
Gene Gedman (back left) was a team representative for the NFL players association in 1958 The blog of former Oakland Raider Dave Pear recently published the minutes of an NFL Players Association meet...
