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DeMaurice Smith Elected to Lead NFLPA
nfl.fanhouse.com - 3/16/2009
DeMaurice Smith Elected to Lead NFLPA
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Nearly six months after losing Gene Upshaw to pancreatic cancer, the National Football League Players' Association (NFLPA) has a new executive director. DeMaurice Smith , a Washington, DC attorney, was elected to succeed Upshaw Sunday night
Outsider DeMaurice Smith Elected as Exec. Director of NFLPA
bizoffootball.com - 3/16/2009
Outsider DeMaurice Smith Elected as Exec. Director of NFLPA
— bizoffootball.com — DeMaurice Smith has been elected as the next executive director of the NFL Players Association, filing the... vacancy after Gene Upshaw who led the union from 1983 until his death from pancreatic cancer in August. The vote was taken by the player reps at a meeting in Wailea, Hawai. Smith has ... (more) Outsider DeMaurice Smith Elected as Exec. Director of NFLPA

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sports.espn.go.com - 3/16/2009
NFLPA tabs outsider DeMaurice Smith as executive director
— sports.espn.go.com — DeMaurice Smith was elected the new executive director of the NFL Players Association on Sunday, succeeding the... late Gene Upshaw. (more) NFLPA tabs outsider DeMaurice Smith as executive director

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DeMaurice Smith named NFLPA executive director
— sportsillustrated.cnn.com — In a year in which sweeping and historic change has come to Washington, D.C. on a national... scale, the NFL Players Association followed suit with the trend Sunday night, electing D.C.-based attorney DeMaurice F. Smith, a relative unknown quantity in ... (more) DeMaurice Smith named NFLPA executive director

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Inside the Iggles | A Philadelphia Eagles Blog:  An Uncapped 2010 is a Bad Thing

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An Uncapped 2010 is a Bad Thing
Inside the Iggles | A Philadelphia Eagles Blog — ... Perhaps newly appointed player rep DeMaurice Smith will feel differently regarding this issue. If the cap does disappear, the players will be awarded more of the total team revenue, which means cash removed from the owners’ pockets. Owners don’t like it when they have to give away revenue. This could result in a work stoppage.  A player strike - like we saw in 1982 and 1987 - hurts everyone, especially the fans. I remember watching “scab” players in 1982; it is not a pretty sight. ...

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