Gene Upshaw
Gene Upshaw
Eugene Thurman Upshaw, Jr., also known as "Uptown Gene", was an American football player for the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League and later the NFL. He later served as the executive director of the National Football League Players' Association. In 1987, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He is also the only player in NFL history to reach the Super Bowl in three different decades with the same team...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth15 August 1945
CityRobstown, TX
asking force
We're not asking them to play him, we can't force them to do that,
bottom deal gets gotten nowhere prevent running side
We're running out of time. I'm at my bottom line. I have nowhere else to go. I've said for years that the only thing that would prevent us from getting a deal was if one side gets greedy. Well, they've gotten greedy.
chance meeting vote yes
We have to give them a chance to have their meeting and vote on our package. They can vote yes or no.
agreement couple faith last next putting reach seen unless
Unless something is going on ... that I've not seen in the last day or two, we're just not there yet. I'm not putting a lot of faith in that we're going to reach agreement in the next couple of days.
conference guess meet meeting
I guess we could meet if they want to. All I know is they got up and said they had to have a conference and the meeting was ended.
football revenue time total
It has to be total football revenue this time around.
cannot forget integrity league position principles stay stood trying
He said that I had to stay on this. He was very adamant about his position on it. We're all going to be at the services, but we cannot forget the principles and integrity and what he stood for. He did it and now it's what every other league is trying to do.
atmosphere growth revenue teams
We're not negotiating this in the atmosphere the NHL was in, with teams going out of business. We know what the revenue growth is.
afraid available laws understand
We've demonstrated we are not afraid to decertify. We understand the laws and what's available to us.
hell leave none position revenue sharing taken
We don't want to leave it with them, ... They've taken the position that revenue sharing is none of our business. The hell it isn't.
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The players have worked very hard to make this game the best in the world. The players are committed to ensuring that the game of football remains on the field and not in the courtroom.
agreement best concluded finally owners pleased process side winning
We are pleased that this process has finally concluded with an agreement. This agreement is not about one side winning and losing. Ultimately, it is about what is best for the players, the owners and the fans.
almost control couple duty interest leave reach represent
We were almost in arbitration a couple of times, but everyone thought that it was in everybody's interest to reach a settlement. If you leave it up to an arbitrator, you have no control of the situation. We have a duty to represent the player, and that's what we did.
agreement difficult imagine proposal reaching time
If we are having a difficult time reaching an agreement now, I don't want to imagine what it could be like in 2006 and 2007. If they don't like our proposal now, they really won't like it then.