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
agent asking associated cut force free practice sports
We're not asking them to play him, we can't force them to do that. But if they're not going to let him come back to practice and do all the other things associated with that, then we want them to cut him, let him become a free agent now.
asking force
We're not asking them to play him, we can't force them to do that,
poker price stay
The price of poker will go up. We can not stay in the place where we are now.
agree cannot poker price settle stay
The price of poker will go up. We cannot settle and will not agree to stay in the same place we are.
additional fair player position taking
We are taking the position that's additional punishment. It's not fair to a player not to have an additional chance.
keeping piece revenue sharing
The revenue sharing piece is what's keeping this piece from getting done.
revenue
I won't do it, though, without revenue sharing.
positions progress running
And we're running out of time. There's no progress, there's nothing to report. The positions are still the same.
dealt game integrity sure
Things like this are about the integrity of the game and our sport and we have to make sure it is dealt with sufficiently.
apart farther
We're farther apart now than we were when we got started. If we get to the uncapped year, we won't come back, or else we'll do what we have to do.
anyone apart believe close further reality
We're further apart now than when we started. For anyone to believe that we're close is just not reality.
bottom deal gets gotten nowhere prevent running side
We're running out of time. I'm at my bottom line. I have nowhere else to go. I've said for years that the only thing that would prevent us from getting a deal was if one side gets greedy. Well, they've gotten greedy.
agreement couple faith last next putting reach seen unless
Unless something is going on ... that I've not seen in the last day or two, we're just not there yet. I'm not putting a lot of faith in that we're going to reach agreement in the next couple of days.
chance meeting vote yes
We have to give them a chance to have their meeting and vote on our package. They can vote yes or no.