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
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What we're trying to do is encourage people to participate. You can not win unless you get in the game. You've got to get into the game and you've got to put your name out there. What Herman was saying is everyone that's asked should play the game.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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We've demonstrated we are not afraid to decertify. We understand the laws and what's available to us.
We don't think we need to stiffen our penalties,
clock realize ticking
As they say, the clock is ticking and at least they realize that. Basically, though, we're at the same point.
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We have done everything medically we could do. We have doctors trained in emergency medicine, in heart problems and other specialties standing by at every game. It's not just internists. It's people who know what to do in every emergency. It just wasn't enough.
head might position taking
We're taking the position it will not get resolved. We're just not there yet. Today, we might as well head to an uncapped year.
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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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I wouldn't want to see that. I wouldn't recommend players doing their own deals. You're sitting across the table from a general manager that's negotiated thousands of contracts.
If we go to an uncapped year, we won't come back.
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But it's still early. Look at what's happening in Jacksonville. The market was there early. They sold a lot of tickets. But they haven't sustained it. Now they're roping off seats in order to avoid blackouts.
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Many of those players would have been cut anyway.