In the latest sign of a growing rift in the NFL Players Association, the group’s powerful executive committee excluded Executive Director Gene Upshaw and player President Kevin Mawae from at least one meeting to discuss finding a new leader, according to numerous sources and an internal union e-mail.
In addition, some members of the committee are [...]
July 14th, 2008 | PAO | 0 comments | Continued
Frustrated by Gene Upshaw’s continued reluctance to identify his eventual successor, the executive board of the NFL Players Association has begun the process on its own against the wishes of the 62-year-old executive director.
According to documents obtained by The Washington Times, the board wants to have eight to 10 possible successors interviewed by Nov. 1 [...]
July 2nd, 2008 | PAO | 0 comments | Continued
The NFL Players Association spent more than $12,000 on document shredding last fiscal year, according to recent federal disclosures.
The NFLPA is required to make annual financial filings with the U.S. Department of Labor and on May 28 turned in its report for the period covering March 1, 2007 to Feb.29, 2008. It showed that the [...]
June 24th, 2008 | PAO | 0 comments | Continued
Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.), who chairs the House subcommittee probing the concerns of NFL retirees, says she isn’t satisfied the league and union have done enough to assist former players and that she would “absolutely” support threatening removal of the league’s antitrust exemption if necessary to spur action.
“That is sort of the big issue the [...]
June 24th, 2008 | PAO | 0 comments | Continued
Gene Upshaw has his critics among NFL players, including some of the player representatives. Walt Harris, the San Francisco 49ers’ cornerback and player rep, isn’t among them.
He thinks the knocks on the 63-year-old executive director of NFL Players Association, including a call for new leadership from Ravens kicker Matt Stover, are misguided.
“I think it comes [...]
June 21st, 2008 | PAO | 0 comments | Continued
During team meetings in the fall of 2006, 1,506 active NFL players from all 32 teams voluntarily participated in the NFL Players Association’s first ever Equipment Survey.
“ Health and safety has always been and will always be a concern for players,” said NFLPA Senior Regional Director Jason Belser. “These men are playing possibly the most [...]
June 10th, 2008 | PAO | 0 comments | Continued
The NFL Players Association, facing the possibility of a lockout in 2011, continues to expand its assets, which hit $293.2 million as of the end of the union’s fiscal year on Feb. 29, 2008, according to the NFLPA’s annual report.
That total increased 11 percent, or nearly $30 million, from a year ago.
June 9th, 2008 | PAO | 0 comments | Continued
When NFL owners recently opted out of their collective bargaining agreement with the players’ union, the spit and fire focused on rookie salaries. In essence, rookies were scorched by both sides.
Too much money flowing that way when they are untested, owners said. Too few of those dollars invested in proven players, veterans griped.
June 8th, 2008 | PAO | 0 comments | Continued
NFL Players Association president Kevin Mawae isn’t a fan of big rookie contracts.
On “The Herd” on ESPN Radio on Wednesday, Mawae, the Tennessee Titans center, commented on quarterback Matt Ryan signing a record-setting contract with the Atlanta Falcons.
“As a guy who has been in the league for 14 now going on 15 years and being [...]
May 22nd, 2008 | PAO | 0 comments | Continued
The NFL owners voted unanimously Tuesday to end their agreement with the players’ union in 2011, two years before the deal was to expire.
The league, however, emphasized that it will keep negotiating with the NFL Players Association and said games will be played “without threat of interruption for at least the next three seasons.”
Free agency [...]
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