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IFV-TV: Panel Discussion on the Culture of Football

This is a Must-See program! Retired NFL player, Conrad Dobler is joined by documentary filmmaker, Sean Pamphilon, (Run Ricky Run) and journalist Patrick Hruby (ESPN, Yahoo Sports, Washington Times) for...

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Elvin Bethea: My Request to Michael Hausfeld

EDITOR’S NOTE: We received this comment along with the attached e-mails from Hall of Famer Elvin Bethea (Houston Oilers 1968 – 1983) requesting that we post this on Dave’s Blog. While we do not wish to...

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Just What do the Insurance Companies Know?

Many of you readers probably remember that Riddell (the OFFICIAL Helmet of the NFL!) saw most of their insurance companies bail on them this Spring as concussion lawsuits mounted (well over 3,000 so...

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Legacy Benefits and Other Details

A year later, we’re still learning more about the Legacy Fund every day and most of it isn’t coming from the NFL or the NFLPA. Disability Attorney John Hogan recently came across the one retired player...

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Our Personal Hidden Toll from Football

Today I was reminded again of the firestorm that followed a single comment I’d made several years ago: “I wish I never played football.” It was an interview I had done with Jeff Pearlman from Sports...

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Fred Dryer Writes to Attorney Michael Hausfeld

EDITOR’S NOTE: We received this e-mail from Fred Dryer, lead plaintiff in the Dryer vs NFL (Films) lawsuit. Once again, we’re simply posting it in its entirety as requested by a retired player. . Dear...

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The United States of Football

The long-awaited private screening of filmmaker Sean Pamphilon’s latest movie, The United States of Football, will be in Pittsburgh later this month (read more about USoF - click HERE). In...

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Patrick Hruby: Game Over

Posted with the express permission of Patrick Hruby and with acknowledgement to SportsEarth.com. . . by Patrick Hruby August 29, 2012 . The hotel restaurant was closed. So we ate at the bar. It was...

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One Reason Retired Players Get No Respect

Nothing more needs to be said. . .

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There are Lawyers… and then there are lawyers

. I was talking to my attorney, Jason Luckasevic, over the weekend to get an update on how things have been progressing with our concussion lawsuit against the NFL and Riddell. I made a personal...

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Concussion Coverage North of the Border

Even the Canadian media is starting to cover the long-term effects of concussions and brain injuries on retired football (and hockey)  players. We’ve heard that there may be concussion lawsuits being...

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Pittsburgh in September

We were truly honored to have been invited to the first private screening of Sean Pamphilon’s United States of Football this past Tuesday. The movie was well-attended with family and friends, media and...

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Random News

Some bits-and-pieces of information that have come in, starting with an interesting observation from disability attorney John Hogan (if anyone has heard anything about these reps on disability...

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To the NFLPA: Retired Players Want Real Referees Too!

Last Friday, the NFLPA wrote a sanctimonious letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell regarding their indignation over the League’s use of replacement referees in this new season. The NFLPA has...

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Evan Weiner: Ranchers, Cattle and Sports

Posted with the express consent of Evan Weiner: THE BUSINESS AND POLITICS OF SPORTS . BY EVAN WEINER COMMENTARY Ranchers, cattle and sports By Evan Weiner September 25, 2012 . . Jimmy Devellano has...

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From 1989: The NFL, The Mafia and FIXED Games

As a final teaser in the wake of the end of the referee lockout, here’s an old interview from 1989 with Dan Moldea, author of Interference: How Organized Crime Influences Professional Football. But...

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ESPN: “30 For 30” ‘Broke: How Millionaire Athletes End Up Broke’

A 2009 Sports Illustrated article reported that 60 percent of former NBA players are broke within five years of retirement. And after two years of retirement, 78% of former NFL players have gone...

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Concussion News – October 2012

Hall of Famer Harry Carson stirred things up in a recent interview with CBS, telling them, “Regret? I’m not going to say regret. But if I had to do it all over again, I would not have played.” . . NFL...

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NFL is Deaf from Too Many Concussion Lawsuits

. The concussion tsunami is building as more retired players continue to add to the wave of lawsuits even as more and more coverage is given to the issue in the mainstream media. All this as football...

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Gordon Wright’s Missing Year(s) of Football

A short note to go along with this letter we just received from Gordon Wright (Philadelphia Eagles & New York Jets 1967 – 1970) early this morning. Gordon’s attorneys have written a letter to the...

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