Parrish The Thought - by Bernie Parrish author of best seller "They Call It A Game"

NFL's Eric Holder Attorney General

2008-12-22T17:54:00.000-08:00

Eric Holder Covington & Burling lawfirm partner and frequent employee of the NFL has been named Attorney General. Pres Elect Barrack Obama is assembling a branch of jock sniffers who are waiting to do the bidding of their professional sports idols and celebrities. In what amounts to another qid pro quo Obama made a deal with Holder to name him Attorney General if Holder could deliver Pittsburgh

Naive and Vain NFLPA Exec Committee Members Are Over their Heads

2008-07-29T16:05:00.000-07:00

Exclusively for Executive Committee members, not for the Player RepsDID YOU KNOW YOU ARE PAYING UPSHAW OVER$10.4 MILLION PLUS DEFERRED COMPENSATION OF$10 MILLION FOR A TOTAL OF $20,400,000 UNLESS YOU FIRE HIM FOR JUST CAUSEI disagree with Forbes average NFL player salary figure of $1.6 million. I believe it is in fact less than $1 million. The owners are pulling Upshaw’s puppet strings and you

The Justice Retired Players Demand

2008-06-21T08:23:00.000-07:00

Subject: The justice retired players want and are battling to obtain.Guys: I sent this to you a month or so ago and I sent it to many congressional staffers, Representatives, and Senators. I am about to send it again so if you have anything to add or change let me know.Guys: If I haven't expressed our thoughts in a way you agree with let me know or the Congressional staff members.I understand you

2008-01-09T18:02:00.000-08:00

A SUGGESTED CHECK LIST FOR CONGRESS

2008-01-09T17:48:00.000-08:00

A SUGGESTED CHECK LIST FOR CONGRESS AND THE C.R.S. WHO ARE LOOKING INTO THE NFL RETIRED AND DISABLED PLAYER ISSUES (C.R.S. IS THE CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE)On January 16, 2006 NFLPA Exec. Dir. Gene Upshaw told Charlotte Observer writer Charles Chandler about retired players, "They don't hire me and they can't fire me. They can complain about me all day long. They can have their opinion. But

Upshaw History

2007-03-15T19:12:00.000-07:00

3 STRIKES FOR UPSHAW?Remains of Upshaw's ex-wife found AFTON, Okla. -- A skeleton found last month under a fence on rural property was identified as the ex-wife of Gene Upshaw. The cause of Jimmye Lee Hill-Upshaw's death is under investigation, said Kym Koch, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. It does not appear the 59-year-old woman was the victim of foul play, Koch said

Bizarre Gene Upshaw Email

2007-02-10T19:18:00.000-08:00

This is Gene's email response to my (Jeff Nixon) email verbatim @ 9:45 am ET today, Tuesday, February 6, 2007: Jeff Nixon ask Gene Upshaw about our pension plan.Gene Upshaw wrote: "I'll give you one because I do not have to get permission to use it. I have not took my pension. It is worth 125,000 per year. When I left the game in 1982 it was worth 50,000. Why is it now worth 125, because of

2007-02-10T19:15:00.000-08:00

NFLPA Worse Than We Thought

2007-02-10T19:11:00.000-08:00

NFLPA WORSE THAN WE THOUGHTSummary by Bernie Parrish The following lays out the issues that face the National Football League players and retired players in relation to:1. Groom Law Group drafted the 1993 NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) which they turned into a self serving cash cow that the Groom Law Group has been milking ever since. After the disability insurance companies told the

Anti NFLPA/NFL Gene Upshaw Media bliz 84 pages 33 articles across the nation

2007-02-10T19:08:00.000-08:00

Here now are 84 pages of 33 articles written in the last 3 weeks that confirm the information I have been sending you (congress, etc) the press and others for the past eight months about retired and disabled players issues. The writers who wrote these articles are not saying “Bernie Parrish says…”, they are expressing their own strong opinions about the legal, medical, and moral abuses being

Costs of Aon Corporation Conflicts to NFL Player Retirement Plan?

2006-10-15T06:58:00.000-07:00

Guys: The Pat Ryan that President Bush is thanking for raising money couldn’t be our Retirement Plan’s actuary Aon Corporation/Chicago Bears owner Patrick Ryan could it? Not the Patrick Ryan many of us, retired NFL players believe has cost the retired NFL players millions perhaps hundreds of millions in cooked actuarial analysis and other conflicts of interest? Check out the 9th paragraph below.

CHANGE IT THEY WON'T NOTICE

2006-10-11T19:30:00.000-07:00

ILLEGALLY ALTERING THE NFL PLAYER RETIREMENT PLANTrust Agreement of the Bert Bell NFL Player Retirement PlanArticle 16 Miscellaneous16.1 Under no circumstances shall any funds contributed to the Trust or the Insurer, or any assets of the Trust or funds on deposit with the Insurer ever revert to, or be used or enjoyed by, any Employer or the League, nor shall any funds or assets ever be used other

NFL Player Disability Fiasco, Don’t Get Hurt! Op-ed: by Bernie Parrish

2006-09-22T11:43:00.000-07:00

If you current NFL players suffer a disabling injury this week or this season, chances are remote that you will ever collect a dime in disability from the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan.Out of 7,561 who have played in the NFL since the 1960’s only 90 retired players receive football related disability benefits today. The supplemental disability Plan IRS form 5500 for 2005

Comparison of MLB vs. NFL Pension Plans without the NFLPA-NFL Propaganda Added

2006-09-18T15:58:00.000-07:00

After listening the NFLPA and NFL baloney about how our NFL pension is better than Major League Baseball's I decided to get the form 5500 Tax reports and compare the facts. The following MLB vs. NFL Pension comparison is made because Upshaw his gang and the NFL office will make deliberately false and misleading statements about this comparison to confuse the players both active and retired and

Reviews on My Credibility, of My Book They Call It A Game

2006-09-16T15:02:00.000-07:00

I sent this out to our retired players email community of 800+ after Upshaw said I was a bald face liar after Bryant Gumbel called him NFL Commissioner Paul Taglieabue's leashed pet.Here is what a few literary critics had to say about a book I wrote and my credibility. It was a non-fiction autobiography. Since Mr. Upshaw has libeled me about my truthfulness I feel it is acceptable to answer, in

2nd Letter to NFL Pension Plan Administrator goes unanswered

2006-09-16T11:49:00.000-07:00

I have not received an answer to the following letter. The Plan received it on July 13, 2006 but has not yet answered it. I'll post the answer when I receive it.Sunday, July 09, 2006 (COPY FOR William V. Bidwill, Plan Trustee)Retirement BoardBert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan200 St. Paul Place, Suite 2420Baltimore, MD 21202-2040Jeffery A. Van Note, Plan

Return the gift if you don't like it

2006-08-05T05:46:00.000-07:00

The July 27, 2006 NFLPA-NFL announcement about the NFL Player Retirement Plan increases for retired players is a PR sham. It is written to imply that the announced 1) 25% increase, 2) triple benefits for your death before age 45, and 3) the dementia/Alzheimer’s interest only research trust fund, is going to cost the active players $120 million is ridiculous. This is another Upshaw NFL Office

NFLPA President Troy Vincent wants a 300% increase in benefits for Upshaw to $10 million and 4% per year for retired players

2006-07-31T07:40:00.000-07:00

This is an open letter to NFLPA President Troy Vincent that I’d like for everyone on our email circuit to read.All the NFL owners all white.Today 75% of the current active players in the League are men of color.Upshaw and Tagliabue are obviously in collusion and don’t even try to hide it.The older retired players pre1982 are 75% white. That 75% is an assumption from the old “only 13 blacks per

Blood Money to Make Retired and Disabled Retired Players Lives Miserable

2006-07-31T07:15:00.000-07:00

Here’s are the names and numbers, the program for the NFLPA-NFL legal defense team who are paid to abuse the retired and disabled retired players.Berthlsen NFLPA lawyer $587,738 (04)Groom Law Group $5.6 million (04) (05)The Allens, Doug & Wife $447,811 plus $326,517 (04)Gene Upshaw, Troy Vincent $3 Million (05)Aking Gump Law $111,132 (03) $49,400 (04)Hendersen NFL negotiator $200,000 estGreg

The 25% Insult, A Sneak Around the Current Active Players

2006-07-30T15:11:00.000-07:00

Here is our response to the NFLPA and NFL office announcement about the Retirement Plan. Only about half my response is below, I’ll finish it after I have done a little more research on the published numbers. Upshaw’s offer is and insult and he means for it to be an insult.Paragraph 1 Upshaw has told the retired players repeatedly that whatever increases in benefits will be voted on and approved

Upshaws Retirement Plan Offer A deliberate Insult

2006-07-28T15:52:00.000-07:00

Below is my response to the NFLPA and NFL office announcement about the Retirement Plan. Only about half my response is below, I’ll finish it after I have done a little more research on the published numbers. Upshaw’s offer is and insult and he means for it to be an insult.Paragraph 1 Upshaw has told the retired players repeatedly that whatever increases in benefits will be voted on and approved

Retired Player's Petitions for Government Intervention, Congressional Hearings, and Labor Law Exemptions

2006-07-23T18:59:00.000-07:00

This is a letter to 500+ retired players about our issues with Gene Upshaw and "his" NFLPA.Guys, please look these listed items over and give me your suggestions, ideas, or corrections. These are going to government agencies and interested national politicians.I think we should sign petitions to Rep. Henry Hyde, Rep Sheila Jackson-Lee, and to Rep Maxine Waters to urge them to move forward with a

Dancing with NFLPA's Lawyers Groom Law Group

2006-07-21T12:30:00.000-07:00

Below is one of two letters I wrote to Jeff Van Note as the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan Administrator:Van Note didn’t reply but he is still personally liable as a Plan trustee/fiduciary for these answers. He had the Plan attorney Douglas W. Ell of the Groom Law Group reply. I don’t think Mr. Ell the plan attorney answered my questions. You read the two letters, compare them

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

2006-07-16T09:57:00.000-07:00

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

$19.4 Million Doubled NFL Player Pensions in 2001-2002.

2006-07-16T06:54:00.000-07:00

An open letter. You guys have to have the guts and stamina to wade through this contrived quagmire of deceit and confusion. We aren’t the only ones the retired NBA players are going through it too. I don’t sell insurance and I have nothing to gain except great satisfaction and a fair pension for my warrior friends their widows and survivors. Be tough and wade through as much of the information

NFL Agent scandal 85 players involved

2006-07-14T10:11:00.000-07:00

Know your enemy.Does anyone have any further information on this NFLPA scandal.What ever came of the Sean Jones-David Dunn NFL agent investment mess? It was publicized in 2003 then nothing. At least a few of our retired players group think it was covered up. My Google Search ends with articles in 2003 but they also end in the middle of the NFLPA suspending some ones NFL agent privileges. Tom

MLB vs NFL Pension most complete comparison

2006-07-14T08:35:00.000-07:00

This is a work in progress. As added info comes in or corrections are needed I will add them to this comparison. So far there are no corrections.Donald Fehr makes $1 mil and the NFL active players pay Upshaw $3 mil to produce half what Fehr produces for the MLB players. Think about that active players, you pay 3 times as much for half (the hours) and half the results.1) Total Pay out annual

Upshaw is only part time 20 hrs a week

2006-07-13T11:21:00.000-07:00

Nothing in the land of NFLPA Oz is ever as it seems to be.An admiring sports writer in Hawaii wrote in an article in March 2006 about how NFLPA's Exec Director Gene Upshaw sitting by the hotel pool in his bathing suit filpped his lap top shut when it reached 5PM closing time in the NFLPA office in Washington DC. If he did that every day it would seem that he works a pretty standard 40 hour work

Compare MLB Don Fehr vs NFL Gene Upshaw pension comparison

2006-07-12T19:37:00.000-07:00

SMALL AMENDMENT: THE TAGLIABUE/UPSHAW TRIP TO EUROPE WAS IN MAY 2006 BUT HIS OWNER "LOCKOUT" "WORKSTOPPAGE" HYPE FOR 2008 THE YEAR HIS EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT ENDS, IS RIGHT ON TARGET. NEW EDITION: Here is a comparison of Major League Baseball's pension plan to our Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan. This gives us a concrete way to figure out where we really stand. Upshaw and NFL

"Ungrateful" Retired NFL Players, widows and survivors

2006-07-08T11:49:00.000-07:00

The NFLPA is being run as a racket by and for a thuggish dictator. The 1800 union members, the 1800 young naive active players who’s votes on key issues on pension funding are being coerced by 900 NFLPA approved sports agents, a secret police, a Gestapo acting as persuasive "financial advisors" or union goons for the NFLPA dictator of an Executive Director Gene Upshaw. Upshaw has built himself a

The New NFLPA-League Labor Contract

2006-03-11T10:14:00.000-08:00

Peace is almost always good.From the perspective of an NFL retiree the most interesting part of the new 2006 labor contract is how it affects our Pension and Benefits plan. Having played when helmet to helmet collisions were common on almost every play, when crack back and chop blocks, forearm blows to the face and head, small one and two bar plastic face masks, and it was gutless to run out of

Media Highjacks Super Bowl for Reluctant Bettis

2006-03-08T17:05:00.000-08:00

Jerome Bettis didn't do anything to promote himself, but the media seized on the Bettis is from Detroit story line and wore it out. Jerome did what was logical to do, enjoy it. But for one outstandingly gritty play by Rothelsburger, and a missed field goal, Bettis would have been the NFL's all time greatest goat instead of the media's Super Bowl Hometown Sweetheart. I felt like Steeler defensive

Dissappointing Dull Playoff Games

2006-01-23T07:42:00.000-08:00

The Steelers and the Seahawks won so easily the games were not even competitive. How can there be that much difference between the final four teams? Carolina and Denver played like they were in a stupor. I turned both games off at the beginning of the fourth quarter. I hope other people didn't find the games a dull as I did. The games left me with the feeling that the Super Bowl will probably be

Browns Bounced Back Again from Embarrassment

2006-01-08T09:54:00.000-08:00

Beating the Ravens was an important way to end the season. Charlie Frye's success is the most positive result of the 2005 season. Coach Crennell can hardly say he should have used Frye from early on in the season. But he should have Frye for 75% of the season. Of course it may not have been his decision.I have no inside knowledge whatever about the John Collins-Phil Savage feud. Had no idea it

Embarrassed 41-0

2005-12-29T09:11:00.000-08:00

The Steelers once embarassed a winning Browns team when arch nemisis John Henry Johnson ran for 238 yards and several touchdowns against us. That was also a home game so I know how it feels. The Giants did it to us 48-7 in New York and the Packers did it to us 49-17 in Cleveland. We had winning seasons each of those years. We lived through those embarassments. All of us Jim Brown and all.

Parrish Thoughts

2005-12-11T09:21:00.000-08:00

Browns: Freshmen QB Charlie Frye should call his own plays. Play calling and last second strategies have not been a Browns braintrust strength so far this season. A fresh young mind that appears to have some valuable football savy couldn't hurt a thing. After the 28 yard run by the Jaguars QB to end the Browns chance to win that game there needs to be some help calling defenses as well.The NFL

Godfather of the NFL is Gone an Era Ends

2005-11-27T08:33:00.000-08:00

Tisch, Tisch, Tisch...the Godfather of the NFL is gone, dead less then a month and now his partner Robert Tisch has joined him wherever NFL owners go. Mara’s death October 25 evoked wails and hand wringing. Mara’s going ended an Era. A New York Times headline read, “Will Revenue Sharing Survive Wellington Mara’s Death.” Does the National Football League have a future after this giant is gone?

NFL-ESPN Gangster Rap promo's and T.O. Suspension Relate

2005-11-24T09:52:00.000-08:00

Controversy over subject matter Gangter Rap and the image it promotesThe following is from Wikepedia. Film maker Spike Lee helps me make a point."The subject matter inherent in gangsta rap has caused a great deal of controversy, with many observers criticizing the genre for the messages it espouses, including homophobia, misogyny, racism and materialism. Gangsta rappers generally defend

Open letter to NFL League Office: November 18, 2005

2005-11-20T14:19:00.000-08:00

ESPN gave our children an ugly dose of “Gangster Rap” before the November 13, 2005 NFL game Sunday night between the Steelers and the Cleveland Browns. A “Gangster Rap” promo introduction to Sunday Night NFL Football is totally inappropriate. Why would the NFL endorse “Gangster Rap?” Gangster Rap is an invitation to our young children especially our young black children to become the glamorized

Congratulations to the Ole Ball Coach Steve Spurrier

2005-11-15T16:39:00.000-08:00

One play explains Coach Urban Meyers first Gator season. That play is Chris Leak’s pass that was batted into the air and intercepted by South Carolinas defensive tackle Chris Tucker. That poor pass followed by Chris Leak’s pathetic effort to try to tackle Tucker during his outstanding run back of that interception was the whole story told once again. It explains why the Gators are eliminated from

Two Strange Feeling Seasons the Florida Gators and the Cleveland Browns

2005-11-12T05:29:00.000-08:00

The Florida Gator’s QB Chris Leak after receiving the opening game kick-off and driving for a score said “I wanted to give the defense a rest.” I guess Leak thought the defense got tired during their pre-game warm-ups. Probably Leak was trying to say something like thanks to the defense for carrying the offense for every game to date except for the Alabama game. Because of other teams injuries

Browns Progress, Gators too "Cute" to Win

2005-10-17T23:45:00.000-07:00

The Cleveland Browns loss to the Baltimore Ravens could have been a lot worse. Giving up only 16 points is still progress. Scoring 3 is disappointing but to be expected against the leagues best defenses; at least Charlie Frye didn’t get hurt. A 2 and 3 record now is still ahead of schedule. When your own offense only scores 3 points then only giving up 16 is like a shutout for your defense.

Press Clippings, Browns Trent Dilfer the Realist, Gators Chris Leak in Fantasy Land.

2005-10-15T10:45:00.000-07:00

The Browns are ahead of schedule. Coach Crennel is either lucky or skillful, either way 2 and 2 is a good place to be about now. Scoring on turnovers while preventing the Bears from using the Browns turnovers to put the game out of reach should be a morale boost, a confidence builder. It is heartening to see Dilfer come through in the clutch with two terrific plays when they really counted. By

Bears a Must Win for the Browns?

2005-10-08T08:32:00.000-07:00

The Browns held the best team in the NFL the Indianapolis Colts to a 13-6 game. That in my book is a large moral victory for the Browns. If they continue to play that well they will beat the Bears and start a win streak. This game takes on an unusual importance for the Browns. It is a must win to keep a solid grip on the mountain they are climbing. The Patriots lost to a very good Chargers

Whew…Rita missed my Galveston projects, Browns Won again.

2005-10-01T11:49:00.000-07:00

Thank God, Rita missed Galveston, Texas where one eight story Holiday Inn hotel I built as a General Contractor sits on the infamous 17ft by 10 mile long seawall. Next door to the San Luis Hotel that FEMA used as command headquarters. “You’re doing a heck of a job, Brownie.”Cleveland Browns quarterback Trent Dilfer and Coach Romeo are doing a heck of a job. The Browns are looking like a real

Football seems rather small right now.

2005-09-22T21:48:00.000-07:00

My first impression from the quotes of Coach Crennel published in the newspapers following the Browns loss to the Cincinnati Bengal’s is that it sounds like he plans to treat this season like an exhibition season. I didn't like holding Charlie Frye out of that losing effort. I still think it was a mistake. Coach Romeo and GM Phil Savage both had a bad 2005

Time to point fingers yet?

2005-09-08T18:08:00.000-07:00

TIME TO POINT FINGERS YET? As Coach Paul Brown told the New York bus driver who couldn’t find Yankee Stadium to deliver us, the Browns to play the game against the Giants, “I don’t blame you I blame the guy that hired you.” Don’t blame Mike Brown, Fema Director, or Michael Chertoff, Homeland Security Director for the fiasco of a hurricane Katrina rescue effort, blame whoever hired them.

12 of 14 looked PRETTY GOOD in the first half?

2005-09-03T08:22:00.000-07:00

Friday, September 02, 2005 1. What planet are you coaching on Romeo “12 of 14 “…his numbers looked pretty good in the first half…” what? Did Frye screw up in the second half ? 2. If the surprise start was to get Frye to screw up so the fans and others would quit calling for CHARLIE, CHARLIE, it backfired.

Charlie, Charlie, Charlie…

2005-08-31T14:16:00.000-07:00

Charlie, Charlie, Charlie… Paul Brown, who I thought at the time was the best coach in the history of football, said “You are my left cornerback until some one beats you out.” That was before the first pre-season game my rookie year during training camp in the hallway of a dorm at Hiram, Ohio. Paul moved All Pro Cornerback Warren Lahr to safety and a career later no one ever beat me out. I

Browns 2-0 is a surprise but the big News is Charlie Frye and the defense

2005-08-22T16:04:00.000-07:00

Browns 2-0-0 is very encouraging considering all the factors. 13 of 19 completions with the game winning TD is right on schedule, Charlie Frye is the Browns best bet to win games when the regular season arrives. A Trent Dilfer TD pass is encouraging too. Holding the Lions to 13 points is the next best news out of this game. The defense must be tackling some people. Usually defensive backs head

Way to go Charlie Frye

2005-08-16T11:28:00.000-07:00

I’ve barely seen Charlie Frye play QB for the Browns but 6 for 9 and a TD with no interceptions and no sacks in his first NFL action is damn good and he should be groomed to be the Browns starting quarterback when the season opens. That is if the offensive line is able to protect the passer adequately. If not they should go with the Dilfer, Johnson, Frye depth chart as they have now. Dilfer and

Gators lost 100 plays last season using the Zook Look delay before snapping the ball

2005-08-15T15:17:00.000-07:00

New Florida Gator Coach Urban Meyer’s published red zone record of scoring 89.9% of the time is phenomenally high, unbelievably high. Utah won a lot of games under Meyer and his quarterback Alex Smith was a hell of a talent, better in my opinion than Chris Leak the Gators current QB. Coach Meyer is now playing in the SEC and he won’t be scoring 89.9% of the time he gets inside the other

Living and Learning

2005-08-11T14:10:00.000-07:00

Does Braylon Edwards have a “Motorcycle Clause” in his contract? If not there should be, and there should also be a celebration clause in all contracts whereby any self-inflicted injury incurred while celebrating is cause to return all bonuses and take an IQ test. There should also be a clause that pays a bonus for picking up extra yards instead of running out of bounds. Running out of bounds to

Learning to tackle and block should be top priority in Browns training camp.

2005-08-10T10:25:00.000-07:00

With Trent Dilfer at QB the Ravens scored no touchdowns in four straight games down the stretch when the Ravens won the Super Bowl and a Cleveland sportswriter wrote PERHAPS it was Baltimore’s outstanding defense that won the Championship. PERHAPS?? PERHAPS?? Trent Dilfer’s statistics are rather sparse, except that out of 28 passes completed in 2002 and 2003 he threw 4 interceptions. Is

Must be going soft, never thought I would actually appreciate an NFL owner let alone a Browns owner

2005-07-03T17:16:00.000-07:00

Somebody recently wrote that it was wrong for the Browns to keep the team records after Mr. Modell left for Baltimore. I disagree. Keeping the Browns records and history was the right thing to do. The Cleveland fans deserved this history because they were a huge part of it. Their admiration and respect and especially their unwavering expectation that we would win every game was an inspiration

Verba, “Browns don’t want to pay me…” “Butch promised…”

2005-06-11T08:53:00.000-07:00

Seems to me I read a quote from Ross Verba, “They (the Browns) just don’t want to pay me.” Now I know I played back in the days that we used a real pig for the ball but $2.9 million a year seems like pretty decent pay. I would understand if he were leaving the Browns to get with the Patriots, or Steelers, or Eagles, or Atlanta to improve his chances of winning a World Championship but not because

The Fewest Mistakes Win, regardless of age!

2005-06-10T10:00:00.000-07:00

Those who make the fewest number of mistakes win in high school, college, and the NFL. Basic size strength and speed are necessary but carrying out the detail of ones assignment without making mistakes determine your success or failure.That is without regard to age. I can't except that 21 year olds are prone to mistakes that lose games or take them out of the game. Todays players are supposed to

Ty Law and Peter Boulware are good names to be talking about

2005-05-26T12:30:00.000-07:00

Ty Law and Peter Boulware, if they are healthy enough, could help right the Browns ship. Any New England Patriot regular from the past four years can help the Browns to understand what an unselfish winning attitude is. Ty Law has been a clutch player for his entire career and Boulware could win several games a season with his pass rush. To their credit they were injured giving their all for their

Trade Winslow NOW!

2005-05-21T06:20:00.000-07:00

Tight end Kellen Winslow will continue to be the focal point of discontent, distraction from the upcoming season. The Winslow situation will be a team and probably equally as important a Browns fan distraction. Winslow seems like a very nice young man and a fine player but the sooner his distraction is out of the Browns picture the better.It might also free up the salary to sign a player like

After Giving It Some Thought

2005-05-11T10:58:00.000-07:00

JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZU...WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING WINSLOW! The Browns have been counting on you to become a team leader. I don't understand. I hope you recover fully and can give the team 100% but I have some doubts after this motorcycle fiasco. $9.4 million, re-injure your knee, DAMN!! The team is counting on you, what are you thinking.The only incident I can remmember that is even

After the NFL Draft , the question is "Who is going to lead?"

2005-04-30T08:35:00.000-07:00

Since Utah's Alex Smith wasn't available Braylon Edwards is a good first pick. He has the potential to be the difference between winning and losing six or seven games a season. A teams number one receiver always has the chance to determine the out come of six or seven games. The rest of the draft is a crap shoot with a tug on heart strings for a couple local college players including QB Charlie

Browns Draft

2005-04-18T09:35:00.000-07:00

Alex Smith QB from Utah should be the Browns number one pick. He could be another Rothelsberger as a rookie. I think his home life is a great asset to him as pro quarterback. The offensive line has been improved a bit with new aquisitions which will help Dilfer or whoever starts out backing him up, but the improvements are not enough that the Browns QB will not be running for his life to make

2005-03-20T12:10:00.000-08:00

#30 Parrish goes all out, to block a kick vs NY Giants before 84,000 in Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Baseball Hearings or Congressional Autograph Party?

2005-03-19T06:41:00.000-08:00

The Congressinal Hearings on steroids ring as hollow as all the rest of the previous Congressional Hearings have been. Mark McGuire won't answer questions because it will incriminate himself and others. The legistlators gave reminisent rants about their youth and baseball's nostalgic impact on them. Considering that politicians trustworthyness is rated lower than baeball players the situation of

They Call It A Game by Bernie Parrish

2005-03-16T12:50:00.000-08:00

- Click picture Below to Purchase "They Call It A Game"- Personnalized autograph (new paperback) copies are available for $25 plus $5 S&H by emailing Bernie with the short inscription you'd like.

Trent Dilfer, Trent Dilfer, Jeff Garcia for Dilfer...hmmmmm

2005-03-12T11:19:00.000-08:00

I was stunned, no very puzzled by the machinations that more or less traded Jeff Garcia and Kelly Holcome for Trent Dilfer. Living in Florida I have seen a lot of Trent Dilfer at QB for the Tampa Bay Bucs. Not very much of it was good. But I have to give him credit for winning the Super Bowl formerly known as The World Championship of football, for the Baltimore Ravens. At the time I wondered why

Hire A Damn Tackling Coach, No Hire Five of them

2005-02-23T17:37:00.000-08:00

Gutless tackling was a Browns feature last season. Your new coach Romeo is hiring guys from college, Rutgers for Christ Sake. Coach you now have a team that can't or doesn't have the will to tackle. Hire a couple of mean ass tackling coaches from the National Football League or perhaps a mugger off the Cleveland waterfront. Trade for Rodney Harrison and Jeremia Trotter, Ty Law is a free agent

Browns Go Bright Black, And that may be what they need.

2005-02-12T07:21:00.000-08:00

My Cleveland Browns have come a long way from the time when Coach Paul Browns policy was that the limit for black players on the roster was 13. Paul Brown gave Willie Davis to Green Bay to stay with his no more than 13 blacks on the 36 player Browns roster. On our first road trip, our Rookie year, John Wooten and I were scheduled as roomates at the hotel we were staying. John and I checked in and

Patriots Too Tough Mentally and Physically For Eagles

2005-02-07T07:43:00.000-08:00

Tough, that is the word to describe the New England Patriots. They defeated, they out toughed the Eagles defense 24 to 21. I'm glad and Chuck Bednarick is happier than I am. I wanted the Patriots to whip up on Terrell Owens and Freddie Mitchell because they are two selfish bastards. Mitchell got away with an illegal pick on the defensive back covering Owens in the first quarter and got him open

Bednarick & McDonald the Highest Flying Eagles

2005-02-06T07:29:00.000-08:00

The Philadephia Eagles Chuck Bednarick is probably the best football player alive. I know because I played against him many times. The only player I hated as much as I hated Chuck was his teammate flanker Tommy McDonald who I had to cover one on one countless times. Hate in these two cases means ultimate respect for their great courage and competitive spirit, their guts. It was the greatest

Hair and Helmets

2005-02-05T07:49:00.000-08:00

In my opinion Dredlocks are a ligitimate cultural way of saying I am proud of my African heritage. So is long hair worn by Hawaian players a comment on their proud heritage. Long hair worn by white players means little more than I like my hair long, despite what my parents think. The Mohawk hairdo unvield by the Philadelphia Eagles Freddie Mitchell the week after "thanking his hands for being

Ex-NFL Players May Sue T.O. for Defamation of Character

2005-01-30T09:33:00.000-08:00

Look at me! Look at me! I am a selfish bastard whose is using the success of my teammates to promote myself at their expense. Terrill Owens is not only degrading his teammates rubbing their noses in his image he is degrading the great history of the Philladelphia Eagles. Owens is degrading the memories of the wonderful performances of warriors like Chuck Bednarick, Tommy McDonald, Pete Retzlaff,

A Team Game - The Civil Rights Era and a Championship NFL team.

2005-01-27T06:43:00.000-08:00

Good NFL defense is the essence of a team game. A team game? What the hell is that anyway? From personal experience I know that it is a group of people operating together for the common good. The common good, success is based on everyone carrying out the detail of his assignment on every play. To carry out the detail you have to know the detail of your assignment. That takes dedecated preparation

Book - They call it a game

2005-01-26T16:20:00.000-08:00

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2005-01-26T16:19:00.000-08:00

2005 NFL Play-off Falcons Go Flat, Patriots Stay Tough and Talented

2005-01-24T07:42:00.000-08:00

The Eagles Falcons playoff game went flat somewhere around the middle of the third quarter. The Steelers fought hard into the fourth quarter before the Patriots team effort squashed them flat. Bettis fumble just started things off wrong for the Steelers.My first NFL roommate from the 1959 Browns training camp Dick Lebeau, now the terrific graying defensive coach for the Steelers, looked like he

NFL Bounties - How much is on Michael Vick's head?

2005-01-23T10:01:00.000-08:00

Bounties on opponents heads have never been legal in the NFL but that never stopped us from using them in my era. In today's money a typical Bounty for a Michael Vick would be $10,000. To collect a bounty 1) you had to win the game and 2) the opponent had to leave the game and not return to it. The bounty on a obnoxious asses like Terrill Owens and Randy Moss would be at least $25,000. Usually

Play-off Thoughts, '64 Browns Coaching Sceme

2005-01-21T11:08:00.000-08:00

Watching the play-off games last week-end was fun. Some thoughts I am left with are the Colts right defensive end #93, Spin Man is a hell of a pass rusher. The Eagles Thornton #54 is a terrific middle linebacker probably the best in the league right now. Eagle’s receiver Freddie Mitchell had an exceptional game, although his future performance is suspect because of his antics put on to please

NFL Play-offs Tough Patriots

2005-01-16T17:16:00.000-08:00

20-3 Patriots over the Colts, it reminded me of our 27-0 defeat of the 1964 Colts. The Patriots were the tougher of two tough football teams. The hitting was ferocious. It was a great football game. It was a great game for me to watch. The Patriots defense won the game but their QB Tom Brady toughed it out as well, making key throws caught by courageous receivers with Colts defenders hanging all

Cleveland Browns Gutless display of tackling

2005-01-14T08:10:00.000-08:00

In 1964 NFL football was blocking and tackling. Vince Lombardi football's most overated coach was correct when he said "Football is still blocking and tackling." Don't worry Browns fans the gutless display of tackling by the Browns during the last half of the season was only partly a display of lack of desire and football fundamentals it was also a balancing act of preservation of physical