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Fehr stepping down
It's About The Money - A New York Yankees Blog —
Breaking news: Don Fehr is stepping down as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, a position he's held since the mid-1980s, a source tells ESPN. Fehr will be replaced by general counsel Michael Weiner, pending board approval, the source said. The announcement is expected to be made later on Monday afternoon. This is a huge move by Fehr. What will you most remember him for? The labor issues? The stonewalling of PED testing? Something else? I'll have more to come on this ...
Fehr Stepping Down As MLBPA Director
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... ESPN.com reports that Donald Fehr is stepping down as executive director of the MLB Players' Association. ESPN's source says Michael Weiner will replace Fehr, who has led the MLBPA since the 1980s. ...
Donald Fehr Stepping Down As Head Of Player's Association [Mlb]
Deadspin —
After shepherding the MLB Players' Association through nearly 25 years of labor strife, executive director Donald Fehr is calling it a job ... done. We'll always (not) have 1994. [ESPN]
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MLB Players Lose Union Leader
DUELING COUCHES —
... "Don Fehr is stepping down as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, a position he's held since the mid-1980s, a source tells ESPN. Fehr will be replaced by general counsel Michael Weiner, pending board approval, the source said (ESPN)." ...
Massive MLBPA Movement: Fehr Flees Fraternity
Walkoff Walk —
... After 25 years in the job, Donald Fehr is stepping down as head of the MLB Players Association. So sayeth ESPN. The man who learned his game from the great Marvin Miller and once successfully sued the MLB for $280 million in damages for being a bunch of colluding assholes is retiring, which leaves an enormous gaping hole at the top of the MLBPA in shaky financial times. General counsel Michael Weiner will take his place.
MLBPA Reportedly Taking Weiner
Bootlegger Sports- Sports Humor Blog —
... For 25 years, Donald Fehr has served as the executive director of the MLB Players Association. Some call him Don, but not his friends. Fehr has no friends, only admirers. He doesn’t sleep, he waits. He doesn’t need deoderant, Gillette makes it from his own sweat. He can’t be killed, only replaced. Fehr is expected to announce today that he will step down from his position. As he fades away, it seems only fitting that the era of Fehr will be succeeded by the age of Weiner. ...
MLBPA Boss Donald Fehr to Step Down
FanHouse —
... Donald Fehr has been the executive director the Major League Baseball Players Association since December of 1985. According to a report on ESPN.com, that tenure will come to a close sometime Monday afternoon. Assuming the board approves, his replacement will be general counsel Michael Weiner. ...
Fehr to step down
The Hardball Times —
This is pretty major:
Don Fehr is stepping down as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, a position he's held since the mid-1980s, a source tells ESPN.
Fehr will be replaced by general counsel Michael Weiner, pending board approval, the source said. An announcement is expected to be made later on Monday afternoon.
Fehr, who will turn 61 in July, was voted in to lead the players' union in December 1985.
Love him or hate him -- and as the reaction starts to come out ...
Donald Fehr to step down
Circling The Bases —
ESPN is reporting that MLBPA honcho Don Fehr is stepping down : Don Fehr is stepping down as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, a position he's held since the mid-1980s, a source tells ESPN. Fehr will be replaced by general counsel Michael Weiner, pending board approval, the source said. An announcement is expected to be made later on Monday afternoon. Fehr, who will turn 61 in July, was voted in to lead the players' union in December 1985. Let's be clear here: Don Fehr is not a popular man. Indeed, he's the only guy the baseball-loving ...
Breaking: Donald Fehr Will Resign As Players’ Union Head
Bleacher Nation | Chicago Cubs News, Rumors, and Commentary —
... union for some 26 years, and before March of next year, he’ll step down.
Subject to approval by the union’s executive board, he will be succeeded by union general counsel Michael Weiner, his longtime heir apparent. Weiner will head negotiations heading into the expiration of the current labor contract in December 2011.
“I have no hesitancy in recommending to the players that he be given the opportunity to do this job,” Fehr said. ESPN.
Fehr has been a staunch advocate for the players, and a general thorn in ...
Source: Fehr to leave job after 25 years
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Source: Fehr to leave job after 25 years Don Fehr is stepping down as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, a position he’s held since the mid-1980s, a source tells ESPN. Fehr will be replaced by general counsel Michael Weiner, pending board approval, the source said. ...
Monday links
Angels blog —
... with his home town Houston Astros because he had a fever of 102 degrees. The Astros picked four spots ahead of the Angels. Donald Fehr is stepping dow n as head of the players association. Moneyball: The Movie may be ...
Players Union Head Donald Fehr to Retire
MLB Notebook - Major League Baseball New, Notes, and Analysis —
ESPN: Donald Fehr is retiring as head of the baseball players' association after more than a quarter-century in charge of the powerful labor union. Fehr, who turns 61 next month, said Monday he will retire no later than the end of March. Subject ...
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... club made prior to yesterday's win.
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Players' Union head Donald Fehr announced his retirement yesterday. Let's start legacy ...
A Big News Day With US Open Recap, Don Fehr’s Timing and Stephen A. Smith Going Nuts On The Twitterverse
On the DL —
... Don Fehr is retiring as head of the MLB Players Union. He’s in his early 60s and wants to have a life and relax. Nobody can blame the guy. But why did this come out yesterday? The decision seems curiously timed, especially with the sports world focused on the Monday finale of the US Open. ...
While We’re Waiting…Kosar, Sipe and LeBron in the same link round-up?
WaitingForNextYear —
... - Donald Fehr resigns as Baseball’s union chief. “Fehr presided over a two-day strike in 1985 followed by a 32-day lockout in 1990 and a 7½-month strike in 1994-95 that wiped out the World Series for the first time in 90 years. That stoppage ended only when the National Labor Relations Board, at the union’s behest, obtained an injunction to restore work rules from U.S. District Judge Sonia Sotomayor, nominated last month by President Barack Obama for the Supreme Court.” ESPN.com - Nice piece over at Let’s Go Tribe on the debacle that is this season- “Can we discuss this like ...
June 23, 2009: The 4 @ 4
Sports Business Digest —
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First to Third Follow-Up: Fehr Out, Weiner Steps Up to Plate
SportsJudge Blog —
... Donald Fehr, the longtime Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, has announced his retirement, effective no later than the end of March 2010. Mr. Fehr's likely successor will be Michael Weiner, the current General Counsel for the Union. Jerry Crasnick has a great ...
Fehr and Loathing
SULLY BASEBALL —
... Donald Fehr is stepping down as head of the baseball union, and I think "Good!" But I think that not for the reasons that you probably think. I know a lot of people dislike him because he helped baseball players salaries skyrocket. But I don't begrudge players from making money. Who out there would turn down their money? I don't blame him for the World Series cancellation. I remember getting into arguments with people during 1994 when I insisted the players were right and the owners were a bunch of liars who wouldn't open their books. And keep in mind ...
Retiring Fehr Marks End of Era
The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network —
... In response to being asked whether the Union during his tenure has been unfairly criticized for the way it has handled drug testing, Fehr said: ...
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