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emqb.com - 4/9/2008
Player Reps Want Rid of Gene Upshaw
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Blogcasting the National Football League , Blogcasting the NFL Baltimore Ravens kicker Matt Stover has started a campaign to oust NFLPA Executive Director Gene Upshaw. Apparently, Matt emailed a plan of action to fellow player reps to have a new union boss in-place by 2009. In his email, a copy of which was somehow obtained by ESPN, Matt said, in-part: “I feel that the ...

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