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The NFLPA announced yesterday that 33 vested retired players and one non-vested former player have received free joint replacements since July 2007 – courtesy of the NFLPA.  Great news. However, this announcement also stated that a total of 87 former … Continue reading →

An article in yesterday’s Buffalo News (www.BuffaloNews.com) reported that the Bills have released tight end Kevin Everett so that he might apply for NFLPA disability benefits. The article noted that he may be eligible for “active football” benefits which pay … Continue reading →

www.baltimoresun.com/sports/football/bal-te.sp.brigance10mar10,0,3963512.story   Former Ravens player shows perseverance in the face of his toughest fight: Lou Gehrig’s disease   By Jamison Hensley Baltimore Sun reporter March 10, 2008  O.J. Brigance remembers the 2001 Super Bowl like it was yesterday, when he … Continue reading →

From: Dave & Heidi Pear   Subject: Commissioner Goodell’s Alliance 2/29/08  In June of 2007, NFLPA  representative Doug Ell testified to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law ( Washington DC) that the NFL and NFLPA, “recently agreed to immediately … Continue reading →

  The New York Times March 10, 2008   By GREG BISHOP   BEND, Ore. — On the first day of the first football season after his retirement, Drew Bledsoe actually missed two-a-days. In the morning, he climbed into his … Continue reading →

Times & Democrat (S.C.) By LEE TANT, T&D Staff Writer March 10, 2008   Levon Kirkland was told by some people growing up that he wouldn’t do well in life. Like many of the students he spoke to at Edisto … Continue reading →

Naples News By ADAM FISHER   Wednesday, March 5, 2008   While starting his non-profit Game Plan Foundation, which assists retired NFL players, Leonard Marshall made a startling discovery: Despite making millions of dollars in the league, some of the … Continue reading →

The National Football League and National Football League Players Association announced an “expanded disability benefits program” through a press release on February 29, 2008.  A copy of the release may be viewed by clicking HERE. The changes to the disability plan … Continue reading →

From: “Dave Pear”   Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 14:55:53 To:”M.E. Davis” Subject: Re: Dave Pear    Dear Tony,  Thanks for the support. Sincerely, Dave & Heidi Pear web site; davepear.com   On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 2:47 PM, … Continue reading →

Thursday » March 6 » 2008 Former players living on streets Lowell Ullrich The (Vancouver) Province Sunday, February 24, 2008 Don Taylor knows how much he could help former CFL players just with the interest accrued from an estimated $11 … Continue reading →