The effort to curry favor with retired players continues.
In the latest move, the the NFLPA has added two seats to the Executive Committee, which will be filled by former players.
The news comes from Texans tackle Eric Winston, a confirmed member of PFT Planet (but who isn’t following us on Twitter yet) who is tweeting from the annual meeting in Maui.
Though we’re skeptical of anything that the league and the union do with respect to former players after years of ignoring them, giving them two seats at the union leadership table is a great start.
And who knows? Maybe those former players will help the current players (and current union leadership) realize the value of getting a deal done, instead of continuously fretting about the belief that a lockout definitely is coming.
This is just window dressing until they really start taking care of the players who came before who do not have the mean to support themselves or have health insurance.
The men who BUILT the fan base missed out on the huge $, but just because “they are at the table” doesn’t mean they’ll only continue to only eat table scraps.
ChunkyAssVomit says:
This is just window dressing until they really start taking care of the players who came before who do not have the mean to support themselves or have health insurance.
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Direct this at the OWNERS and not the players. THEY are the ones who created the situation.
The beginning of a long journey starts with the first step.
While single steps may not seem enough for the great men who helped to build the game, if you don’t start somewhere, it will never happen. Approaching moves such as this with cautious optimism may be the most pragmatic way to proceed. It will be important to watch how steps such as this move forward (or not) before passing judgment too quickly.
Let’s face it – if you don’t have a seat at the table, you can’t even negotiate.