Eugene Parker dead at 60

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  • BLeonard
    BoB Sabermetrician
    • Jan 2003
    • 4625

    Eugene Parker dead at 60

    No, not an April Fool's joke, just saw this on my local news: http://www.wkbw.com/sports/bills/nfl...ls-passes-away

    It was announced this morning that Eugene Parker, the agent to some of the best players in the NFL for a very long time, lost his battle with kidney cancer. Parker, 60, first discovered the cancer in November of 2015.
    Represented Byrd and Peters and was somewhat a thorn in the side for the Bills over the years, but still sad to hear he's gone.

    -Bill
  • Night Train
    Retired - On Several Levels
    • Jul 2005
    • 33117

    #2
    Re: Eugene Parker dead at 60

    Cancer sucks. RIP.
    Anonymity is an abused privilege, abused most by people who mistake vitriol for wisdom and cynicism for wit

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    • Mace
      Haha...yeah you think so ?
      • Mar 2013
      • 20315

      #3
      Re: Eugene Parker dead at 60

      RIP, if I was a player, I'd have wanted him working for me.

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      • YardRat
        Well, lookie here...
        • Dec 2004
        • 86293

        #4
        Re: Eugene Parker dead at 60

        ...
        YardRat Wall of Fame
        #56 DARRYL TALLEY
        #29 DERRICK BURROUGHS#22 FRED JACKSON #95 KYLE WILLIAMS

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        • DynaPaul
          Registered User
          • Sep 2003
          • 7540

          #5
          Re: Eugene Parker dead at 60

          Man that guy hated the Bills and wanted to squeeze every last penny out of the franchise for players who often didn't deserve that much. That aside, I don't wish any ill on the man so rest in peace Eugene.

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          • pmoon6
            Legendary Zoner
            • Dec 2002
            • 21476

            #6
            Re: Eugene Parker dead at 60

            Originally posted by DynaPaul View Post
            Man that guy hated the Bills and wanted to squeeze every last penny out of the franchise for players who often didn't deserve that much. That aside, I don't wish any ill on the man so rest in peace Eugene.
            I don't think he hated the Bills. He just played hardball because he could. He knew the Bills were a second or third tier team and they had to pay more to keep a player. What we don't know is how much input the player himself had in the negotiations.

            That's just the business side of the NFL.

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            • DynaPaul
              Registered User
              • Sep 2003
              • 7540

              #7
              Re: Eugene Parker dead at 60

              Originally posted by pmoon6 View Post
              I don't think he hated the Bills. He just played hardball because he could. He knew the Bills were a second or third tier team and they had to pay more to keep a player. What we don't know is how much input the player himself had in the negotiations.

              That's just the business side of the NFL.
              Very true, I just felt like he took it to the extreme here.

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              • Victor7
                Registered User
                • Jul 2013
                • 1270

                #8
                Re: Eugene Parker dead at 60

                We obviously don't know the whole stories but he always seemed to want his guys to walk away from the Bills. If not we had to over pay by a lot. I get it that it was business but that mantra does not entitle people to act like *******s which he seemed to be (to us at least)

                With that said this is terrible news. Cancer is the worst scum of earth and you gotta feel for the guy. He was still very much active and had plenty left to live for. RIP

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