I sure this has been posted before ....But The NFL should be a shamed of itself in regard to their treatment of Retired players. The issue is retirement benefits -pensions and disability paymets..
According to a recent story on HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel the NFL pays a retired player who played 10 seasons a pension of only 24,000 a year....in comprasion Major League Baseball pays 175,000 a year.....
Bills fans who listen to WGR 55 have heard Bills Hall of Famer Joe D bash the NFL week after wek about their poor pensions ... This week at the Super Bowl Joe D and Mike Ditka let loose on the NFL and their shameful treatment of the players of the 50's -60's 70's and 80's who built the game..
Most find fault with current NFLPA President Gene Upshaw who has been quoted as saying i don't work for them i work for them the current players . The retired guys can fire me ....Upshaw of course doesn't have the same problems as Conard Dobler or Jonnie Cooks ...He currently makes 3 million a years as President of the players association. As reported on Real Sports Dobler knees are shot Just thois past year he spent 100 days in thje hospital undergoing seven knee surgeries.
The NFL recently deinied his disability claim saying that he could do seditary work... Dobler according to the story takes about a 100 -150 vicodin a month to ease his pain... Even though several other doctors have sided with his claim of being disabled the NFL has not...
Johnnie Cooks who played LB for the 90 giants is disabled at the age of 48.. The NFL has also denied his claim for disability even though the US goverenment has approved it..
In fact according to the story the NFL has approved only 115 out 9,000 Claims
Upshaw better hope he never needs help because their will be plenty of His former Colleagues who won't lift a finger to help a guy who turned his back on them..
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According to a recent story on HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel the NFL pays a retired player who played 10 seasons a pension of only 24,000 a year....in comprasion Major League Baseball pays 175,000 a year.....
Bills fans who listen to WGR 55 have heard Bills Hall of Famer Joe D bash the NFL week after wek about their poor pensions ... This week at the Super Bowl Joe D and Mike Ditka let loose on the NFL and their shameful treatment of the players of the 50's -60's 70's and 80's who built the game..
Most find fault with current NFLPA President Gene Upshaw who has been quoted as saying i don't work for them i work for them the current players . The retired guys can fire me ....Upshaw of course doesn't have the same problems as Conard Dobler or Jonnie Cooks ...He currently makes 3 million a years as President of the players association. As reported on Real Sports Dobler knees are shot Just thois past year he spent 100 days in thje hospital undergoing seven knee surgeries.
The NFL recently deinied his disability claim saying that he could do seditary work... Dobler according to the story takes about a 100 -150 vicodin a month to ease his pain... Even though several other doctors have sided with his claim of being disabled the NFL has not...
Johnnie Cooks who played LB for the 90 giants is disabled at the age of 48.. The NFL has also denied his claim for disability even though the US goverenment has approved it..
In fact according to the story the NFL has approved only 115 out 9,000 Claims
Upshaw better hope he never needs help because their will be plenty of His former Colleagues who won't lift a finger to help a guy who turned his back on them..
Bmax
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