We passed along some information regarding the letter the NFLPA sent to the NFL Alumni Association requesting its support for DeMaurice Smith’s idea for a Legacy Fund letter as well as four other requests. The NFL Alumni Association’s stance is that it never received this letter but has continually tried to contact Smith to no avail.
Full Letter To The NFL Alumni Association Requesting Support On Five Key Issues
SB Nation has acquired the letter that was sent on Nov. 10, 2009 and re-sent on Jan. 29, 2010.
One of the biggest issues between these two sides, from what I can tell, has been a lack of communication.
Smith told me in an interview last week that “[This] is a letter I’m sure we wouldn’t mind every fan in America seeing.”
If the NFL Alumni Association hasn’t seen the letter, they have now. Here it is -- in its entirety -- from the NFL Retired Players Steering Committee and Chapter Presidents:
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