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DeMaurice Smith Elected to Lead NFLPA

Nearly six months after losing Gene Upshaw to pancreatic cancer, the National Football League Players' Association (NFLPA) has a new executive director. DeMaurice Smith, a Washington, DC attorney, was elected to succeed Upshaw Sunday night. Smith was elected by a vote behind closed doors at the posh Fairmont Kea Lani...

NFL Union Set to Choose New Leader

The National Football League Players' Association has been without a leader since the death of Gene Upshaw in August. But the union is now just hours away from choosing its next executive director.Each of the four remaining candidates for the position -- Trace Armstrong, David Cornwell, Troy Vincent and DeMaurice Smith --...

NFL FanHouse Midseason Midtacular: Roger Goodell's Worst Use of the Fine

NFL FanHouse Midseason Midtacular: because handing out awards at the halfway point in the season seemed like the right thing to do.Do you remember that Simpsons episode where all of the teachers went on strike, and to get the students back into class they brought in people from the neighborhood to run the school? One of...

NFL Players Will Wear Patch to Honor the Late Gene Upshaw

The NFL has announced that all players will wear a uniform patch to honor the late Gene Upshaw.Upshaw died on August 20th of pancreatic cancer at the age of 63.Players will wear a patch with the number 63 ... which was Upshaw's uniform number during his Hall Of Fame career as a guard for the Oakland Raiders. The black...

Gene Upshaw Dies at 63

Multiple news outlets are reporting that Gene Upshaw, the Oakland Raiders Hall of Famer who has ruled the NFL players' union for the last quarter century, has died at the age of 63.Upshaw's death was first reported by Jim Riggio of Clear Channel, who reported that Upshaw had pancreatic cancer. Upshaw had never disclosed...

Gene Upshaw News From the Web

05/17/12 Jonathan Vilma's Suit, NFLPA's Grievance Aim to Get... Source: Bleacher Report Under former executive director Gene Upshaw, the National Football League Players Association and its members enjoyed years of labor peace and a healthy relationship with the league office and then-NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue.

Background on Gene Upshaw

Eugene Thurman Upshaw, Jr. (a.k.a. Uptown Gene) (August 15, 1945 – August 20, 2008) was an American football player for the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League and later the NFL, later the executive director of the National Football League Players' Association (NFLPA).

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