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blog.washingtonpost.com - 4/9/2008
Upshaw Says He's Staying Put Through Labor Negotiations But Players Must Ready to Choose Successor After That, and Stover Borrowed From His Succession Plan
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Gene Upshaw said today that he intends to keep his job as executive director of the NFL Players Association through the upcoming set of labor negotiations with the sport's franchise owners, but he already has informed the players that they should be prepared to choose his successor after that. Upshaw said that when Baltimore Ravens kicker Matt Stover outlined his proposed process for overthrowing Upshaw and hiring a new union executive director by next...Please click on the title to continue reading ...

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Why Gene Upshaw Must Go
Signal to Noise — ... regarding Ravens kicker and player rep Matt Stover’s email circulating about removing NFLPA executive director Gene Upshaw by March 2009, and Upshaw’s insistence that he will be staying on as the head of the union.  The urgency on Stover’s behalf (and I presume a sizable contingent of the union, otherwise he wouldn’t float this at all) is because the owners are prepared to drop out of the collective bargaining agreement, creating an uncapped year in 2010 and, if it’s not resolved, a possible strike or lockout. ...

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