TOP STORY: 90% of Retired Players = Bad Dog Food!

Dear Alumni:

Here's what Gene Upshaw responding to the suit filed against Players Inc. said:

"We could have the greatest dog food in the world, but if the dogs don't like it, we can't sell it. Put that at the top of the story."

Upshaw said that barring human error, all deserving former players had been paid, and that the other 90 percent generated no income due them for 2005.

Upshaw also said that paying players only to the extent they were used was a longstanding practice. "If you generate revenue, you get it - it's that simple," .

THE BIG QUESTION is this: Who makes the decisions regarding which players are promoted by Players Inc.?

I find it hard to beleive that they can't find Sponsors who would want to use someone like Sam Huff who played on 6 NY Giants NFL Championship Teams! I spoke with Sam back in November 2006 and he read me (word for word) a letter that he received from Gene Upshaw in 1999 asking him to sign the GLA (Group Licensing Agreement) and that they were planning to use his name in the Madden 2000 and EA Sports video games. They said he would be paid $1,500. Sam said he never got anything after signing the agreement! If someone like Sam ain't gittin' sh*t from Players Inc. then what the hell is goin' on.

Another BIG QUESTION: How can you generate revenue if your name is never promoted?

One last thing..........If you have the greatest dog food in the world and you can't sell it, then you don't have a problem with the product, you have a problem with your Marketing and Sales Department!

Jeff Nixon
Vice President
Buffalo Bills Alumni Chapter