NFL PLAYERS PAY UPSHAW TO ATTACK RETIRED PLAYERS, 20HOURS A WEEK!!

NFL ACTIVE PLAYERS PAY UPSHAW TO ATTACK RETIRED PLAYERS!!

Most disturbing Gene Upshaw says he is representing the active players while he is attacking us, the retired players. Why are today’s active players paying Upshaw to attack us, (the retired players)? I don't think the active players know what Upshaw is doing on the 40 hours a week...Oops I mean 20 hours a week they pay him $3 million a year for ( he works 20 hours a week for the PAT).

Corruption hits the fan: the new Machiavellian Upshaw game plan is revealed in Boston and Philadelphia newspapers. Be afraid everyone we’re really going to strike, or rather the owners are really going to lock us out in 2008! Yeah, I know we just signed a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, but we didn’t really mean it. And by the way you need me, I’m indispensable, really I am, I’m Gene Upshaw I make $3 mil a year for 20 hours a week. Oh, yes my 20 hour a week $3 mil a year contract runs out in 2008 too.

Upshaw seems to be squirming out of a collusion charge on one hand while stepping back into it on the other. In March 2006 Patriot's owner Robert Kraft was praising Upshaw and blessing Upshaw's league saving "partnership" with Tagliabue. Even NFLPA's Doug Allen was praising the "collusion" the "partnership” for no longer trying to put the NFLPA out of business. Only 2 of the 32 owners voted against the Upshaw/Tagliabue partnership deal in March 2006. Things were hunky dory between management and labor for April, May and June then CORRUPTION hit the fan, NFL Player Retirement Plan actuary Aon's CEO, Bears owner Patrick Ryan, makes a $190 million settlement that gets publicized, for Aon's "cheating customers" in 3 states and the NFLPA/Upshaw recommended $185 million IMA-Kirk Wright investment scam spawns a $20 million law suit against NFLPA and NFL, Upshaw's personal agent Tom Condon's conflict of interest taints Retirement Plan's Board, Donavan McNabb's 2005 $901,002 players union salary comes to light, the publicity squashed since 2003 on the Sean Jones, David Dunn agents scandal involving 85 players is strangely without media coverage in 2004 and 2005, retired players are critical of Upshaw in a major Baltimore Sun article so Upshaw suddenly needs a "heavy strike war chest" for a trumped up labor contract crisis. Sounds like another cash trapping scheme like the numerous Aon/Upshaw insurance and investment schemes, to siphon money out of the nearly $15 million per team Player Benefit pot (32 x $15mil=$480 million).

How about a $200 million strike fund, Oh No, that would mean the retired players can not expect more than a 20% increase in benefits.

Look out active players Upshaw has “received” his new game plan from above and he wants to scare you into believing he is indispensable; be sure you listen to your Upshaw approved financial advisor/agents. In 1.75 years, half of your aver 3.5 year career careers will be over, and half you active players will be on Upshaw's targeted retired players list with the rest of us. Active players need to be particularly careful now; watch him he's not thinking about your best interests, Upshaw is thinking about his own best interests. Like a new improved $3 million a year, $11.2 million multi year 20 hour a week employment contract negotiated by his agent Tom Condon with Upshaw for Upshaw.

More on the Kirk Wright-IMA NFLPA scandal: If anyone has any information about the NFLPA’s recommendation and/or promotion of Kirk Wright-IMA ponsi scheme please email us. Can anyone confirm Gene Upshaw’s friendship or relationship with Kirk Wright? It is time for the retired players to find out what is going on inside the hostile and damaging to us, NFLPA. We retired players have a right to protect ourselves from Gene Upshaw and his gangs attack on us, the retired NFL Players. Upshaw and his NFLPA may not legally represent us but they no right to attack us and deliberately damage our legal rights or our pension benefits.

More about the Kirk Wright-IMA NFLPA scandal: The defendants are Kirk S. Wright (Wright); International Management Associates, LLC (IMA) and International Management Associates Advisory Group, LLC (IMA Advisory) and seven hedge funds; International Management Associates Platinum Group, LLC (Platinum I), International Management Associates Emerald Fund, LLC (Emerald Fund), International Management Associates Taurus Fund, LLC, International Management Associates Growth & Income Fund, LLC, International Management Associates Sunset Fund, LLC; Platinum II Fund, LP (Platinum II), and Emerald II Fund, LP. IMA and IMA Advisory are investment advisers in Atlanta, Georgia, owned and operated by Wright and others."

The question is: Are or have any of the Retirement Plan or PAT or other NFLPA funds been invested in any of these listed funds?

The scandal broke when Wright was arrested in Miami. Upshaw was in Europe unavailable for comment according to one reporter who tried to get hold of him. Perhaps Upshaw couldn’t locate a phone that worked from Europe to the USA. A number of retired players wonder if Upshaw’s travel in Europe included a trip to Switzerland?