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September's show focuses on the upcoming NFL football season, with the regular season kicking off the day after the debut of this edition of CostasNOW . Looking for stories and features that go beyond the headlines and scores, this program will include a profile of LaDainian Tomlinson of the San Diego Chargers, the leading ground gainer in the NFL last season; a visit with Hall of Famer Earl Campbell, who is battling health problems; a one-on-one with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, beginning his second season at the helm of the league; and a one-on-one with Gene Upshaw, the high-profile executive director of the National Football League Players Association.
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Re: CostasNOW: Episode 14, premieres September 5 at 9:00 PM ET/PT
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Re: CostasNOW: Episode 14, premieres September 5 at 9:00 PM ET/PT
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Hi Costas fans!
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Re: CostasNOW: Episode 14, premieres September 5 at 9:00 PM ET/PT
Sep 20, 2007 8:42 AM
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I'm watching a re-run right now of this episode. As a lifelong Bears fan, my earliest football memories only go as far back as Walter Payton and Joe Namath.
Costas had a great idea of making a one time provision for the old legacy/pioneer NFL players. But the question I am hearing is now one wants to fund it.
While Upshaw and Goodell are arguing over whose millions of dollars should go to the retired "Legacy" players, I am also hearing of MILLIONS of dollars collected in fines every season. These fines are bigger than the suspensions - these felons and ungrateful creeps who believe they are higher than the law and disgrace the NFL get paid no matter what they are suspended.
My point is: why not take every fine collected - especially due to off-field activity - and create a pension fund for the NFL retirees from that generation?? Not only were they contributors as players, many of them contributed after their playing days.
If these players had better pensions that are remotely as lucrative as a percentage of Vick's contract then they might be able to manage their own disability or the outcry would be less. There may not be enough money for pensions and disability but there has got to be enough for both.
Additionally, as with any insurance plan, there should be qualifiers. Someone like Mike Ditka who has had a lucrative post-player career as "Da Coach" and as an endorser of everything that's not nailed to the floor, perhaps there's a league minimum or he'd have to qualify for need. For example, if you have over $5million in assets, you'd get a league minimum in pension. Players who never had the opportunities that Ditka had, should get a pension allocation that is commensurate with their assets. I'm no fan of Ditka - despite being a born and raised Chicagoan - but I admire him fighting for those less fortunate. The fact he pulled his head out of his butt long enough to do this is impressive to me.
We do need something to honor these men who gave us this truly American tradition that is football. What better way to do that than to take those fines which are 100% the fault of the individual players and create a pension fund for it and have it administered by members of the 1st and 2nd generation players?
This is not hard to figure out. It's the right thing to do and using the "blood money" from the disgraceful behavior of NFL players today to do some real good would be an amazing gesture and might help them remember who they need to pay homage to and where they might be headed.
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Re: CostasNOW: Episode 14, premieres September 5 at 9:00 PM ET/PT
Sep 20, 2007 8:41 AM
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I'm watching a re-run right now of this episode. As a lifelong Bears fan, my earliest football memories only go as far back as Walter Payton and Joe Namath.
Costas had a great idea of making a one time provision for the old legacy/pioneer NFL players. But the question I am hearing is now one wants to fund it.
While Upshaw and Goodell are arguing over whose millions of dollars should go to the retired "Legacy" players, I am also hearing of MILLIONS of dollars collected in fines every season. These fines are bigger than the suspensions - these felons and ungrateful creeps who believe they are higher than the law and disgrace the NFL get paid no matter what they are suspended.
My point is: why not take every fine collected - especially due to off-field activity - and create a pension fund for the NFL retirees from that generation?? Not only were they contributors as players, many of them contributed after their playing days.
If these players had better pensions that are remotely as lucrative as a percentage of Vick's contract then they might be able to manage their own disability or the outcry would be less. There may not be enough money for pensions and disability but there has got to be enough for both.
Additionally, as with any insurance plan, there should be qualifiers. Someone like Mike Ditka who has had a lucrative post-player career as "Da Coach" and as an endorser of everything that's not nailed to the floor, perhaps there's a league minimum or he'd have to qualify for need. For example, if you have over $5million in assets, you'd get a league minimum in pension. Players who never had the opportunities that Ditka had, should get a pension allocation that is commensurate with their assets. I'm no fan of Ditka - despite being a born and raised Chicagoan - but I admire him fighting for those less fortunate. The fact he pulled his head out of his butt long enough to do this is impressive to me.
We do need something to honor these men who gave us this truly American tradition that is football. What better way to do that than to take those fines which are 100% the fault of the individual players and create a pension fund for it and have it administered by members of the 1st and 2nd generation players?
This is not hard to figure out. It's the right thing to do and using the "blood money" from the disgraceful behavior of NFL players today to do some real good would be an amazing gesture and might help them remember who they need to pay homage to and where they might be headed.
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Re: CostasNOW: Episode 14, premieres September 5 at 9:00 PM ET/PT
Sep 12, 2007 1:39 PM
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I agree Heavy,,
Look at Paul Hornung, who said he gets like 300 a month pension. Sounds terrible,,, but wait,,,, he retired in 1966, at about 31 years old,,, what kind of pension does he think he should get ?????? No one can retire at 31,,,,,and get a sweetheart pension. They are football players, or in short,,, entertainers. They put on a show, and get paid, big deal. Should they get a pension, sure, should they have medical coverage, sure,, but not a million dollar pension for retiring in their 30's !!!!!!! Get another job like the rest of the world has to when they loose their "good" job. They have a special talent,,,, we all have talent, just in other areas.
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Re: CostasNOW: Episode 14, premieres September 5 at 9:00 PM ET/PT
Sep 12, 2007 1:11 AM
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I hate to be rude, but truly my statements are not. As for thr NFL and its players both ex and present, welcome to the real world. The drug cases, retiree benefits, the allogations, hey...the truth is this is the world in which your viewers live in. You are not above horrible pensions. You are not above the law. The truth is for years your reality has been to be pampered. You get to keep your jobs after numerous charges, DUI's, drugs, etc. You name it an National Game League player, no matter football, basketball, or baseball, has done it. Get slapped on the hand for things the common man would lose their entire life for. Get in trouble for taking, selling, and soliciting drugs and you get to keep your jobs? You obviously don't know how the average man in America lives when you plaster all on the tv how bad things are with your benefits and Union. Mad about the toll the game takes on players and how you want owners not taking care of retired players to start doing so. Yes....don't we all? Wlcome to the wrold of the American worker!
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Re: CostasNOW: Episode 14, premieres September 5 at 9:00 PM ET/PT
Sep 7, 2007 10:21 PM
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The fact that Earl Campbell thinks that football had nothing to do with his injuries is a bit nutty. I respect the notion that he doesn't want to dirty the many successful years and money he made in the NFL. But he can barely walk and talk! The fact the the NFLPA is looking the other way regarding the player/architects that built this league is disgusting and pathetic. Barring Campbell's obvious physical injuries, all you have to do is listen to him and note that his speech and response time have been slowed quite a bit. And it's not just South mouth. He is probably suffering from multiple concussion syndrome as much or more than anyone else. It is sad and pathetic how Upshaw and the NFLPA are responding to this.
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Re: CostasNOW: Episode 14, premieres September 5 at 9:00 PM ET/PT
Sep 5, 2007 9:44 PM
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While watching the story about Tomilinson Hill,,,when you were describing how LT's father lived in his house with "no-phone" and a TV with rabbit ears,the camera panned the house and TV sitting in the grass. On the corner of the house, above the TV, there seems to be a telephone junction box [ gray colored, square box ]. Now,,, that just means there was a telephone junction box on the house, that does not prove it was hooked up. But it was still a great story,,,, I just noticed that lil' blooper. Hey Bob, all your shows are great,,Bryant on Real Sports would have made the same mistake,, and don't let Barry Bonds get you down, I am on your side with that too.
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CostasNOW: Episode 14, premieres September 5 at 9:00 PM ET/PT
Aug 28, 2007 3:29 PM
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September's show focuses on the upcoming NFL football season, with the regular season kicking off the day after the debut of this edition of CostasNOW . Looking for stories and features that go beyond the headlines and scores, this program will include a profile of LaDainian Tomlinson of the San Diego Chargers, the leading ground gainer in the NFL last season; a visit with Hall of Famer Earl Campbell, who is battling health problems; a one-on-one with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, beginning his second season at the helm of the league; and a one-on-one with Gene Upshaw, the high-profile executive director of the National Football League Players Association.
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