Gene Upshaw
Gene Upshaw
Eugene Thurman Upshaw, Jr., also known as "Uptown Gene", was an American football player for the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League and later the NFL. He later served as the executive director of the National Football League Players' Association. In 1987, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He is also the only player in NFL history to reach the Super Bowl in three different decades with the same team...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth15 August 1945
CityRobstown, TX
poker price stay
The price of poker will go up. We can not stay in the place where we are now.
ahead based contracts deal league position taking time
Once we get to the league year, I don't see us getting a deal done any time soon. We're taking the position we're not going to get this resolved, so you should go ahead and do contracts based on that.
holding model
It's actually our model that they have been holding up as the way to go.
continue gave prior proposal quite rejected saw worse
They gave us a new proposal, which was worse than their prior offer. Quite naturally, we rejected that proposal and saw no need to continue meeting.
aspire field guy integrity lawsuit meant name nfl player type
He meant as much to us off the field as much as on it, ... He had his name on the lawsuit and he didn't get one penny. That's just the type of guy he was. His character, his integrity was everything any NFL player should aspire to be.
aspire field guy integrity lawsuit meant name nfl player type
He meant as much to us off the field as much as on it. He had his name on the lawsuit and he didn't get one penny. That's just the type of guy he was. His character, his integrity was everything any NFL player should aspire to be.
expressed interest nfl san
San Antonio has expressed interest in getting an NFL team, going back to '93 or '95,
owners players
I won't come down. The players know that. Only the owners can make a proposal.
anytime deal
I don't see us getting a deal done anytime soon.
agreement difficult imagine proposal reaching time
If we are having a difficult time reaching an agreement now, I don't want to imagine what it could be like in 2006 and 2007. If they don't like our proposal now, they really won't like it then.
players understand
I've been to 32 teams, and all the players understand where we are. They're saying, 'Bring on the uncapped year.
brought comments guarantee helping john paul
Paul brought up comments that John made after the game. I guarantee you, that's not helping my case.
lose nfl owner work
The way the NFL is set up, an owner really has to work at it to lose money.
agreement side winning
This agreement is not about one side winning or losing.