That said, the one thing everyone seems to agree on is that unless you talk about football in Ghana for the next few weeks, no one is going to listen to anything you have to say.

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"We managed to talk about things that make football better and safer, " NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith told reporters on Monday.

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The tabloids talk about our players as soldiers, so the values that are very highly praised in English football are bravery, passion, obedience, hard work and you don't tend to hear that much talk about creativity and inspiration, which are not soldierly virtues.

CNN: June 29, 2012 -- Updated 1447 GMT (2247 HKT)