Posted on 25 July 2011. Tags: again, already, cimini, clearest, Committee, executive, fiery, fiery speeches, giving, NFLPA, Rex Ryan, Ryan, Speeches, Staffers, type, Woody Johnson
Although we wait for the NFLPA* Executive Committee to start (and finish) their meeting Monday, we have perhaps the clearest sign yet that football is coming back.
Rex Ryan is already trying to rally the troops again.
Ryan delivered a “fiery, training camp-kind speech” to 150 Jets staffers on Monday morning in New Jersey, according to Rich Cimini of ESPNNewYork.com.
Ryan spoke soon after Jets owner Woody Johnson, who promised all staffers that lost wages would be repaid by the team right away.
That news is expected, but welcome. We anticipate to hear teams around the league to make the very same pledge to those staffers who were unfairly punished this offseason by owners who didn’t properly prepare for the lockout.
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Posted on 24 July 2011. Tags: “good, Committee, executive, getty images, guard steve hutchinson, Minneapolis Star Tribune, news”, Ochocinco, player', predicts, public perception, tomorrow, Vikings'
Vikings guard Steve Hutchinson, who serves as the team’s representative to the NFLPA*, shared an intriguing — and encouraging — observation with Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Stated Hutchinson: “I think there will be some good news coming out tomorrow.”
Hutchinson’s remarks come amid rampant reports that the NFLPA* Executive Committee and then the board of player representatives (such as Hutchinson) will vote Monday to recommend acceptance of the labor deal passed by the owners last week, presumably with some tweaking.
It’s widely believed that, if the Executive Committee and the board of player representatives vote to suggest the deal, the players overwhelming will vote to accept it.
Notwithstanding the optimism, Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco earlier characterized the reports of a looming deal as the figment of the media’s imagination.
“Can we not seeing [sic] what the media is doing?” Ochocinco mentioned on Twitter. “Hype up a deal will be completed n when it is not it further angers the public perception of players!!!!”
Apparently, this is one circumstance in which Ochocinco’s media business, OCNN, has missed the boat. Or, perhaps much more accurately, the plane to Washington on which the members of the Executive Committee reportedly are flying.
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Posted on 21 April 2011. Tags: baltimore colts, Broncos', coach, coach frank, departure, draft, Elway, executive, farmhand, learning, New York Yankees, Nfl, Nfl Draft, role, Ropes, Stanford, star
Now, John Elway is on the other side of the NFL draft. In 1983, he didn’t want to play for Bob Irsay’s Baltimore Colts and coach Frank Kush, and the former Stanford multi-sport star had some leverage as a farmhand of the New York Yankees. So, he engineered his departure to Denver, where he led the Broncos to five Super Bowls and two championships.
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Posted on 20 April 2011. Tags: Arthur Boylan, Association Executive, build, executive, hope, Magistrate Judge, mediation, Nfl, Nfl Players Association, progress, rejoins, sides, Smith, some
NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith is expected to rejoin the mediation between the NFL and the players before U.S. Magistrate Judge Arthur Boylan on Wednesday.
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Posted on 20 March 2011. Tags: Association Executive, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Cutting, director, executive, Executive Director, forego, Labor Dispute, Nfl Players Association, NFLPA, Salary, settlement, Smith, until
NFL PLayers Association executive director DeMaurice Smith told players Friday that he will be cutting his salary to until the labor dispute over a new collective bargaining agreement is settled, according to a players union source.
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Posted on 29 December 2010. Tags: Baseball, Bill Lajoie, Detroit Tigers, dies, executive, Lajoie, Longtime, Mlb, World Series, World Series Championship
DETROIT — Longtime baseball executive Bill Lajoie, whose eye for talent helped build the Detroit Tigers team that won the 1984 World Series championship, died Tuesday. He was 76.
SI.com – MLB
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