UPSHAW SAYS HE WILL HAVE NO BACKUP !

Dear Alumni:

Gene recently made the following statement regarding the number 2
position (Assistant Executive Director) at the NFLPA.

"There is only a No. 1 and there will not be a No. 2," Upshaw wrote.
"Number 2 is always trying to become No.1 and never wants to wait.
They can always do it better, they are like backup [quarterbacks].
There is a reason they are backups."

I hate to break it to Gene, but the reason you have a backup
Quarterback is that sometimes the starter is playing so poorly you
need to change Quarterbacks. That's a decision for the Coaching Staff
(the NFLPA Executive Committee) and all NFL Players.

The problem with Gene is that he doesn't even want a backup
Quarterback on the roster! He's basically telling the Coaching Staff
that he is the only one that will quarterback the team.

Can you imagine an NFL Quarteback telling his Coaching staff that he
will have no backup! He'd be on the waiver wire before the door hit
him on the ass going out.

The NFLPA Executive Committee needs to show Gene who is really in
charge by convening the Executive Committee immediately and sending a
resolution to Gene requiring him to fill the position...... ASAP!

If they don't do this, then they are just a bunch of WHIMPS. This is
an opportunity for the players to show Gene who is really the boss.
My guess is that most of them will whimp out because they are afraid
of Gene and what he could potentially do to those that speak out.

And what can he do...... Well for one thing, all those paid player
appearances that they get through Players Inc. would dissappear faster
than a snowflake in hell. By the way, what is Gene's selection process
for player appearances? Is it based on the Gene Upshaw Kiss Ass Scale
with 1 being a a peck on his butt cheek and 10 being a tossed salad.
(For anyone that has seen ever seen a prison documentary, you know
what that means.)

The big problem with this whole scenario is that if they don't fill
the position, then Gene continues to hold all the power, knowledge and
experience regarding the inner workings of the NFLPA. If you don't
have anyone even being "groomed" to be the number one, then at some
point your entire team (all NFL active and retired players) will
suffer the consequences when you are forced to put a rookie in at
Quarterback!

What Gene's statement should tell everyone, is that Gene is either
extremely insecure and paranoid............. or worse, he has
something to hide.

Either way, its time to put Gene on the waiver wire.

Sincerely,

Jeff Nixon
Buffalo Bills Alumni