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Gene Upshaw RIP

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by BYH, Aug 21, 2008.

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  1. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    Re: Gene Upshaw dead?

    Here's the tale tail sign the part is over. If you called Gene's house and he's not around....
     
    Drip, Aug 21, 2008
    #25
  2. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    Re: Gene Upshaw dead?

    Honestly? Do you really want honesty, because I'm guessing you don't on an RIP thread.

    They feel ecstatic they can get a change in that powerful position.

    Upshaw probably had to battle less pain in his demise than most ex-players his age.
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Aug 21, 2008
    #26
  3. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    Re: Gene Upshaw dead?

    Shell and Upshaw... as good as a one side of a line as there has been.

    Upshaw's number, of course, 63.
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Aug 21, 2008
    #27
  4. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    Re: Gene Upshaw dead?

    Huh?

    Jesus, I better never leave my house.
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Aug 21, 2008
    #28
  5. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    Re: Gene Upshaw dead?

    I would hope the coverage would focus on him as a player and his classic battles with the Dolphins, Chiefs and Steelers and playing for Madden and Davis.

    That would interest me more as a reader.
     
    93Devil, Aug 21, 2008
    #29
  6. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    Re: Gene Upshaw dead?

    I'm guessing there is little chance of that angle prevailing.
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Aug 21, 2008
    #30
  7. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    Re: Gene Upshaw dead?

    The more relevant angle, besides the news of his death of course, is NOT his playing career. Not in 2008.
     
    buckweaver, Aug 21, 2008
    #31
  8. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Re: Gene Upshaw dead?

    Kept sports writers clueless? Why would a sports writer pursue the story? Gene Upshaw isn't an "in the news every day" kind of guy.

    That's a vicious form of cancer. It took out my brother-in-law's sister in a matter of weeks. Just awful.
     
    Moderator1, Aug 21, 2008
    #32
  9. Write-brained

    Write-brained Guest

    Re: Gene Upshaw dead?

    http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/26326065/

    NBC sports attributing it to NFL.com.
     
    Write-brained, Aug 21, 2008
    #33
  10. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Re: Gene Upshaw dead?

    That's awful... sorry for a great player
     
    slappy4428, Aug 21, 2008
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  11. Sly

    Sly Active Member

    Re: Gene Upshaw dead?

    I don't cover the NFL and I don't have a very good understanding of its labor laws, so I'm hoping someone can explain something to me: Why would the players union ever have agreed to a system that does not guarantee its contracts?

    Also, what role did Gene Upshaw have in fighting/not fighting against that provision?
     
    Sly, Aug 21, 2008
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  12. Write-brained

    Write-brained Guest

    Re: Gene Upshaw dead?

    And congratulations to USA Today for being the first I've seen to find a NAMED source (now if they would only edit out the duplicate sentence):

    http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2008-08-21-upshaw_N.htm

    NFL Players Association executive director Gene Upshaw has died, apparently of pancreatic cancer. His death was confirmed Thursday morning by Jeffrey Kessler, a lawyer who has represented the NFLPA in labor negotiations.

    His death was confirmed Thursday morning by Jeffrey Kessler, a lawyer who has represented the NFLPA in labor negotiations.

    Kessler said Upshaw did not receive his diagnosis until Sunday night "and he didn't tell anybody. He didn't know until Sunday."

    Employees of the NFLPA, based in Washington, D.C., were beginning to get word of Upshaw's death around 8:30 a.m. ET.
     
    Write-brained, Aug 21, 2008
    #36
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