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  • Is Rooney Rule ready for reform? Why ex-NFLPA director says change could take decades.
    • Is Rooney Rule ready for reform? Why ex-NFLPA director says change could take decades.
    The Rooney Rule has been in place for more than two decades, but a Yale Law paper co-authored by DeMaurice Smith argues it's merely been a suggestion.       ...2023
  • • Will the Rooney Rule survive?
    NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith believes the Rooney Rule should be scrapped because it doesn’t work. Possibly, it will go for other reasons — if/when the recent Supreme Court decision regarding affirmative action in higher education spreads to the employment context. For now, the league is standing behind the 20-year-old provision aimed at […]...2023
  • NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith suggests Rooney Rule alternative
    • NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith suggests Rooney Rule alternative
    NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith has offered an alternative to the Rooney Rule....2023
  • • Would eliminating the Rooney Rule actually benefit Raheem Morris?
    Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images The system is indeed broken but what is the best way of fixing it? When coaching changes happen across the league every offseason, there’s always a debate as to whether the practices being followed are fair to minority candidates. Los Angeles Rams’ defensive coordinator Raheem Morris was considered a finalist for the Colts opening back in February be...2023
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  • • DeMaurice Smith proposes alternatives to the Rooney Rule
    Roger Goodell won’t be laughing after he reads DeMaurice Smith’s latest project. Smith, the outgoing executive director of the NFL Players Association, has co-authored an article that will appear in the next edition of the Yale Law and Policy Review. The article calls for the NFL to declare the Rooney Rule a failed experiment and […]...2023
  • • Broncos have new Ring of Fame selection committee
    Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Greg Penner, Carrie Penner and Rob Walton will be joined by Dave Logan, Jim Saccomano, Steve Atwater and Mike Shanahan. Good morning, Broncos Country! A new committee will select members of the Denver Broncos Ring of Fame. Obviously the new ownership group of Greg Penner, Carrie Penner and Rob Walton will be on the committee. As well as holdovers Dave Logan and...2023
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  • • Broncos have new Ring of Fame selection committee
    2023
  • • Horse Tracks: Trevor Pryce was a dominant trench enforcer
    Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images The former defensive lineman spent nine years in the Mile High City and fourteen total years in the NFL. Let’s take a look back and remember one of the Broncos’ best trench enforcers of all-time. Good Morning, Broncos Country! A few weeks ago I wrote about former linebacker D.J. Williams and his underrated career in the Mile High City. After seeing the...2023
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  • • Today’s NFL news and notes
    Gary Cosby Jr.-USA TODAY Sports Here is a sampling of what is going on in the NFL world today. Draft videos are always really cool. This one from the Carolina Panthers shows Bryce Young showing his parents his NFL locker for the first time: Awesome moment when @_bryce_young got emotional as he showed his parents Julie and Craig his #Panthers locker room for the first time ❤( @Panthers) ...2023
  • • Lance Bass, Jimmy Johnson, and Other Super Bowl Legends
    Lance Bass, Jimmy Johnson, and Other Super Bowl Legends Mike Tanier 10 Feb 2023, 10:38am PHOENIX—What do Jimmy Johnson, Tom Brady, and Lance Bass have in common? They are all Super Bowl legends in their own ways. And Walkthrough crossed paths with at least two of them during a typically blurry, boozy week of Super Bowl coverage. Pre-Dawn in the Desert It's 5 a.m....2023
  • • Giants news, 2/10: Ranking the Giants Super Bowls, Spagnuolo on Coughlin, more headlines
    New York Giants headlines for Friday Good morning, New York Giants fans! 5 steps to making the Giants a Super Bowl team The Giants made tremendous progress in 2022, but they need to make more. BBV writers this week looked at how the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles built their teams to play on the final Sunday of the year. So what is the blueprint this offseason — and the following s...2023
  • • Players union, NFL have issues in collective bargaining negotiations
    Earlier Thursday, union leader DeMaurice Smith reported that the owners and players have struck a tentative agreement on the players’ guaranteed portion of revenues, increases in minimum salaries, changes to the offseason and a reduction in training-camp contact. The league was quick to throw water on that report, as a memo to teams noted that the two sides still had to tackle a number of issues (...2020
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  • • Book: Brady refused offer to escape Deflategate suspension
    A new book claims Tom Brady could have done one simple thing to avoid a suspension over the Deflategate saga, but refused to do so.In the new book “12: The Inside Story of Tom Brady’s Fight for Redemption,” authors Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge claim that Brady offered to pay a $1 million fine to move past Deflategate. Commissioner Roger Goodell allegedly wanted more, however — he wanted Brady to p...2018
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  • • The NFLPA will tell free agents not to sign with the Bears in new bill passes in Illinois
    The Chicago Bears could be on the verge of becoming the least popular free agent destination in the NFL.NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith told 670 the Score on Saturday that if the Illinois state legislature passes a bill taking away workers’ compensation benefits from former athletes over the age of 35, the union will recommend free agents avoid Chicago.“I will tell you f...2017
  • • NFLPA looking to soften NFL policy on marijuana
    As the United States continues to find itself more liberal on the approach of recreational marijuana use, the NFL seems to be stuck in the dark ages. We’ve now seen multiple players suspended for substantial time after testing positive for marijuana.The most egregious example of this is Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon, who is currently serving an indefinite ban and has not suited up in ...2017
  • • Bleacher Report's Daily Football Fix for Dec. 17
    2016

DeMaurice Smith lifestyle

  • • Inside Team Revis and Its Motivations in Negotiating His $70 Million Jets Deal
    2015
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Timeline

  • 2023
    "DeMaurice Smith accuses owners of “criminally gaming the game itself” by refusing to do guaranteed contracts"

  • 2022
    "As explained by Michael Smith on the Amazon postgame show, NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith texted to Andrew Whitworth (a former NFLPA player rep) and Richard Sherman (a member of [more]"

  • 2021
    "NFLPA, Raiders investigating Jon Gruden regarding use of racist remark about DeMaurice Smith in 2011 email"

  • 2020
    "In a statement, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said "there remains an urgent need for action" following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, while NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith sent a letter to players to address the pain of recent events."

  • 2019
    ""I don't see an 18-game schedule — under any circumstance — being in the best interest of our players," DeMaurice Smith told ESPN on Friday."

  • 2018
    "NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith, asked if he had any hopes for a smooth CBA process ahead of the deal's 2021 expiration, said on the contrary -- the union assumes the worst."

  • 2017
    "DeMaurice Smith's re-election will keep him with the NFLPA for the next CBA negotiation in 2021."

  • 2016
    "“They created an exemption out of a fiction, and they got caught,” NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith said, per Futterman."

  • 2015
    "It was a signal the relationship between the union and the NFL—specifically DeMaurice Smith and Roger Goodell—will get worse."

  • 2014
    "Gilbert wrote a letter to every NFL agent and in the letter is the action he said he took: Dear Agents, As you have confirmed to me, the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiated by DeMaurice Smith has been a financial disaster for NFL Players and a Jackpot for the Owners."

DeMaurice Smith trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith suggests Rooney Rule alternative
    2023
  • • Would eliminating the Rooney Rule actually benefit Raheem Morris?
    2023
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  • • NFLPA announces new Executive Director
    DeMaurice Smith is leaving his role as NFLPA executive director. | Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images DeMaurice Smith to leave the role he’s held since 2009. With players and fans of the Seattle Seahawks and the rest of the league still adjusting to the 17 game season ushered in by the 2020 collective bargaining agreement, the NFLPA announced Wednesday that a new executive director w...2023
  • • Pre-Snap Reads 3/19: How are Seahawks looking after first wave of free agency?
    Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Read! The first wave of free agency has passed and we’ve got all the break-downs, both from our Seattle Seahawks’ perspective and from the NFL at-large. How are you feeling about the recent signings? Where do you think our Seahawks can still improve? What positions are you happy to fill via the upcoming draft? Seahawks News Seahawks fans grade Seattle...2023
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  • • DeMaurice Smith accuses owners of “criminally gaming the game itself” by refusing to do guaranteed contracts
    It’s been obvious ever since the ink dried on Deshaun Watson‘s five-year, fully-guaranteed contract that Lamar Jackson wants one. But for a single stray report from several weeks back that Lamar never asked for such a deal, everything said and done privately and publicly has pointed to Lamar wanting the same structure from the Ravens [more]...2023
  • • Sunday Dawg Chow: Browns news (3/5/23)
    Kareem Elgazzar-USA TODAY Sports More of the latest Browns news and notes from around the web in today’s dose of the Sunday Dawg Chow. Dawgs By Nature: NFL combine: A little bit more about what I’m hearing about Browns, NFL from Indy (Jared Mueller) - We have hit an interesting portion of the NFL combine in Indianapolis. Despite the quarterbacks throwing this afternoon/evening and more w...2023
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  • • Giants news, 2/10: Ranking the Giants Super Bowls, Spagnuolo on Coughlin, more headlines
    2023
  • • Chargers Daily Links: Thursday Open Thread
    Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Your source for all Chargers and NFL news from around the web. Good morning, Chargers fans! Happy Thursday to you all! The weekend is almost here, and that means so is the Super Bowl! Let’s hunker down and grind out the next 72 hours so we can enjoy the biggest game of the year! As always, feel free to use this post anyway you see fit. And...2023
  • NFLPA's DeMaurice Smith pushes to end NFL Scouting Combine, offers regional pro days as alternative
    • NFLPA's DeMaurice Smith pushes to end NFL Scouting Combine, offers regional pro days as alternative
    This is the second time in three months a high-ranking NFL executive has denounced the NFL Draft event...2023
  • NFLPA leader wants to make big change to draft process
    • NFLPA leader wants to make big change to draft process
    The NFL draft has become a year-long event, but DeMaurice Smith, the leader of the NFL Players Association, would like to see some of that scaled back....2023

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  • • Broncos have new Ring of Fame selection committee
    2023
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  • • Chargers Daily Links: Thursday Open Thread
    2023
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  • • DeMaurice Smith posts open letter after CBA vote closes
    The NFL Players Association has closed its voting on a new CBA. As everyone waits for the results, the man primarily responsible for the negotiation of the proposed deal has posted an open letter. NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith explains in this three-page letter the deal that is the product of months of negotiation, addressing [more]...2020
  • • A 'no' vote on NFL CBA could reduce 2020 free-agency spending by up to $700M?
    While there are legitimate reasons for the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) to reject the NFL’s proposed collective bargaining agreement (CBA) in pursuit of a better deal, a no vote would severely dampen this offseason’s free-agency spending, according to a report by Mike Florio of ProFootball Talk. Sources tell Florio that the NFLPA estimates rejecting the deal would stunt offseason spending rough...2020
  • • NFL owners, NFLPA executive committee members have 'positive' CBA meeting
    There’s been a lot of talk about the CBA recently, and the potential for a work stoppage when it expires after the 2020 season. We just heard that the owners and players held their first negotiating meetings, and now we have more details on what exactly went down. A handful of owners and members of the NFLPA’s executive committee met for “roughly five hours,” earlier this week, Albert Breer of SI....2019
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  • • Drew Brees Says NFL's Lower TV Ratings Stem from Mistrust of League Office
    2016
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  • • NFLPA Announces It Won't Appeal Tom Brady's Deflategate Ruling to Supreme Court
    2016
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  • • NFL, NFLPA Announce New Policy to Enforce League's Concussion Protocol
    2016
  • • Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: Ali and Brown's Fearlessness Defined Their Era
    2016
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  • • NFL Players' Medical Records Reportedly Stolen from Redskins Trainer's Car
    2016

DeMaurice Smith parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • Would eliminating the Rooney Rule actually benefit Raheem Morris?
    2023
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  • • Horse Tracks: Trevor Pryce was a dominant trench enforcer
    2023
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  • • Today’s NFL news and notes
    2023
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  • • Lance Bass, Jimmy Johnson, and Other Super Bowl Legends
    2023
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  • Inside the dual legacies of the NFL's union boss
    • Inside the dual legacies of the NFL's union boss
    Last year's CBA should have been a defining moment for DeMaurice Smith and the labor force of America's most popular sport. Instead, some players -- and some owners -- have come to see Smith as an asset to management....2021
  • • NFLPA on Thursday meeting: We won’t talk about family business
    The NFL Players Association held a press conference on Thursday afternoon and it took place after a meeting of player representatives earlier in the day regarding negotiations on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. The first question posed to NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith had to do with that meeting and whether the full membership of [more]...2020
  • • Josh Norman Comments on Roger Goodell, Redskins Nickname and More
    2016
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  • • Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: Ali and Brown's Fearlessness Defined Their Era
    2016
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  • • Negotiations Between NFL, NFLPA over Discipline Policy Take 'Massive Step' Back
    2016
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  • • Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: Angry Tom Brady and Other Predictions
    2015
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Top DeMaurice Smith news

  • • Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: Angry Tom Brady and Other Predictions
    2015
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  • • NFL Reportedly Withheld Millions in Shared Revenue from Players
    2016
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  • • Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: How Scary Are the Patriots?
    2014
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  • • Matt Flynn Released by Patriots: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction
    2015
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  • • NFLPA, Raiders investigating Jon Gruden regarding use of racist remark about DeMaurice Smith in 2011 email
    A hefty fine and further diversity and inclusion training could be coming for Gruden...2021
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  • • Jon Gruden apologizes as NFL, DeMaurice Smith condemn Gruden's 2011 email about NFLPA leader
    Gruden is not sure whether he will be disciplined by the NFL...2021
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  • • Goodell: 'Urgent need for action' after Floyd death
    2020
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  • • Smith re-elected NFLPA executive director
    DeMaurice Smith retained his position as executive director of the NFL players' union in voting Sunday by 32 player representatives....2015
  • • NFLPA issues statement on Brady ruling, criticizes Goodell
    The NFL Players Association currently is basking in NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s defeat. NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith released a statement on U.S. District Court Judge Richard Berman’s decision to vacate New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s four-game suspension: “The rights of Tom Brady and of all NFL players under the collective bargaining agreement were affirmed today by ...2015
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  • • DeMaurice Smith: NFL teams are blackballing Ray Rice
    By Steve DelVecchioCan a running back who is 28 years old, missed an entire season of football and has a history with domestic violence be “blackballed” by NFL teams?NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith seems to think that is what is happening with former Baltimore......2015
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  • • Tom Brady and Roger Goodell Deserve Each Other, and We Deserve Better
    2015
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  • • Inside Team Revis and Its Motivations in Negotiating His $70 Million Jets Deal
    2015
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  • • Adrian Peterson Isn't the Victim, His Son Is
    2014
  • • Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: Ali and Brown's Fearlessness Defined Their Era
    2016
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  • • Lance Bass, Jimmy Johnson, and Other Super Bowl Legends
    2023
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  • • Tom Brady and Roger Goodell Deserve Each Other, and We Deserve Better
    2015
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  • • Adrian Peterson Isn't the Victim, His Son Is
    2014
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DeMaurice Smith schedule, game

  • • Would eliminating the Rooney Rule actually benefit Raheem Morris?
    2023
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  • • Horse Tracks: Trevor Pryce was a dominant trench enforcer
    2023
  • • NFLPA to pick a new executive director next month; who are the candidates?
    The NFL soon will pick a successor to executive director DeMaurice Smith. It’s still not officially known who the candidates are. Sports Business Journal reports that the NFLPA has scheduled a June meeting for the purposes of selecting a new executive director. On Tuesday, union president JC Tretter provided an update to staff regarding the [more]...2023
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  • • Sunday Dawg Chow: Browns news (3/5/23)
    2023
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  • • Lance Bass, Jimmy Johnson, and Other Super Bowl Legends
    2023
    See also Mike Tanier
  • • Giants news, 2/10: Ranking the Giants Super Bowls, Spagnuolo on Coughlin, more headlines
    2023
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  • Smith worried NFL email trove shows hiring bias
    • Smith worried NFL email trove shows hiring bias
    DeMaurice Smith wants the NFL to release emails from its WFT investigation because he wants to determine whether race has been a factor in hiring decisions around the league and whether teams have been "actively hostile" to certain players....2021
  • • NFLPA, Raiders investigating Jon Gruden regarding use of racist remark about DeMaurice Smith in 2011 email
    2021
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  • • NFLPA player reps will vote Friday on DeMaurice Smith’s future
    With the NFLPA’s constitutionally-created Selection Committee failing to rubber stamp a new contract for executive director DeMaurice Smith, the next step comes on Friday. Via Mark Maske of the Washington Post, the board of player representatives is scheduled to vote Friday on whether to approve a new contract with Smith, or whether to declare the [more]...2021
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  • • NFLPA to hold video conference with all new rookies today
    The NFL Players Association has several hundred new members. They’ll quickly have a chance to get acquainted with their union. Per a league source, the NFLPA has scheduled a Zoom video conference with all agents and their rookie clients at 4:00 p.m. ET on Monday. Union president JC Tretter and executive director DeMaurice Smith will [more]...2021
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DeMaurice Smith rumors, scandals

  • • Lance Bass, Jimmy Johnson, and Other Super Bowl Legends
    2023
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  • • JC Tretter takes issue with “conspiracy theory” over Jon Gruden email leak
    Three weeks ago today, the Jon Gruden email scandal emerged out of the clear blue sky in the middle of a quiet Friday afternoon. Given that the target of his racist trope — NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith — faced within hours after the email surfaced a vote on whether his job would [more]...2021
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  • NFLPA leader: Team that asked prospect about sexuality should be banned from NFL combine
    • NFLPA leader: Team that asked prospect about sexuality should be banned from NFL combine
    DeMaurice Smith wants NFL team banned from combine after asking prospect Derrius Guice whether he liked men; NFL is looking into the matter.         ...2018
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  • • Report: Goodell could settle with Tom Brady out of court
    Roger Goodell could have a significant amount of power stripped from him as it pertains to NFL discipline. As part of this potential power move by the NFLPA, the NFL could potentially settle with Tom Brady out of court in the Deflategate case, which would likely reduce Brady’s discipline significantly. Matthew Futterman of the Wall Street Journal detailed these issues thoroughly (paid subscription...2016
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  • • Report: Goodell could settle with Tom Brady out of court
    Roger Goodell could have a significant amount of power stripped from him as it pertains to NFL discipline. As part of this potential power move by the NFLPA, the NFL could potentially settle with Tom Brady out of court in the Deflategate case, which would likely reduce Brady’s discipline significantly. Matthew Futterman of the Wall Street Journal detailed these issues thoroughly (paid subscription...2016
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  • • Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: Angry Tom Brady and Other Predictions
    2015
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  • • Fixing the NFL's Bay of Pigs: How Roger Goodell Can Make Better Decisions
    2015
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  • • Tom Brady and Roger Goodell Deserve Each Other, and We Deserve Better
    2015
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  • • DeMaurice Smith Comments on Tom Brady's Appeal, Deflategate and the Wells Report
    2015
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  • • Meet Tom Brady's Lawyer: NFL Archenemy Jeffrey Kessler
    2015
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