Lost in the ongoing disarray surrounding the NFL Players Association’s search for a new Executive Director is the reality that certain former players continue to be upset regarding the actions (or lack thereof) the union is taking to assist those who made the game what it now is.
Our own view has been and will continue to be that former players should be entitled to assistance (from the NFL, the union, or both) if injuries incurred while playing pro football are affecting them from finding gainful employment, caring for themselves, etc.
But we don’t think that former players who have squandered the money made while playing in the NFL should be entitled to a handout.
Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, here’s the latest development. Hall of Famer Sam Huff has teed off on the NFLPA in an open letter posted at Dave Pear’s web site.
Huff calls for former players to break away from the NFLPA, and to form their own organization.
“I think it is time we separate ourselves from this group of union leaders so to speak even though it is called the Players Association and make them pay the 28 million that they lost in court and we go our own way and tell them to go to hell the same as they have told us,” Huff writes.
The full letter is right here.
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