As to whether new leader DeMaurice Smith and the union will use it, I doubt it.
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With the new leadership of DeMaurice Smith, the NFLPA has yet to embrace the agent community.
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Up to this point, executive director, DeMaurice Smith, had instead stayed on the sidelines during this fight.
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DeMaurice Smith, while not commenting on the negotiations on Friday, sent a loud and clear message mentioning Duerson.
DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association, said the organization would help the players fight the suspensions.
"We managed to talk about things that make football better and safer, " NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith told reporters on Monday.
But it was the shrewd move by DeMaurice Smith and the NFLPA that really makes the deal kick up player salaries.
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Perhaps DeMaurice Smith, the executive director of the NFL Players Association, should have fought harder for more guaranteed money for these guys.
And you have to believe that NFLPA head, DeMaurice Smith, and his folks will jump on this comment and spin it to their benefit.
Will DeMaurice Smith stand up in front of his union leadership and look them in the eye with confidence about the legal strategy of Decertification?
He was a staunch advocate for NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith in his surprise election to the post and is as active as any player in the collective bargaining process.
Although the stewardship of NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith will ultimately be defined by what happens in collective bargaining, he took a large step in defining an active approach towards agents with the suspension of Wichard.
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As I suspected, that last-minute horse-trading in those closing hours before Roger Goodell and DeMaurice Smith sat cheerfully in front of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and signed the new CBA left us with parts of the agreement we are still sifting through.
It gives players union head DeMaurice Smith the opportunity to now call out over the battle lines to the owners and the league and discuss ending this dispute from a position of strength, even if he now gives in to some of the concessions that ownership wants.
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Twenty-one years later, Roger Goodell and the owners are set in their goal line stance across from DeMaurice Smith and the players, this time with the owners looking for concessions from the players that if not reached would result in a lockout in just over 6 months on March 3 when the current collective bargaining agreement expires.
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