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DIED The first African American to serve as executive director of the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), Gene Upshaw held the post for 25 years. An outstanding offensive lineman for the Oakland Raiders, Upshaw was selected seven times for the Pro Bowl and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987. When he was director of the NFLPA, his experience on the field gave him a unique understanding of player dynamics and helped him craft significant union agreements--including the game-changing introduction of free agency. He died of pancreatic cancer...
...than a sub-poverty $12,000 per year. The 32 owners are certainly the masterminds behind the league’s shady treatment of its pastime superstars. But far more deplorable is the action—or inaction—of the NFL Player’s Association. The NFLPA, led by former Oakland Raider guard Gene Upshaw, has turned its back on its own. Despite the existence of a $1 billion NFLPA fund for retirees, the tax forms from 2006 show that only about 120 succeeded in obtaining disability benefits, for a total of approximately $9 million. The union...
...National Football League (NFL) and Harvard Business School (HBS) have joined forces to offer NFL players the chance to expand and hone their business skills. Today marks the final day of the three-day NFL Business Management and Entrepreneurial Program at HBS. The NFL and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) established the program last year to help players plan for their lives following retirement. “The mission of the departments is to promote the off-the-field development of the players,” NFLPA spokeswoman Leslie Satchell said. “[The program] allows...
...teams consisted of "scabs"--unemployed free agents and a few NFL players who crossed the picket lines of the National Football League's Players Association (NFLPA...
Fewer than half their players on the active roster and on the injured reserve list attended. Two players who have been outspoken against NFLPA executive director Gene Upshaw and against the strike--offensive guard Ron Wooten and cornerback Raymond Clayborn--left the meeting quickly without answering reporters' questions...