Aug 27, 2008
Losses That Come Too Soon
On the day Joe Bugel lost the second of his three daughters to a rare form of bone cancer, there was also an obligation in this job to talk about Gene Upshaw and what he meant to the game and society.
He played a seminal role as a union leader, took over the NFL Players Association in 1983, secured untold riches for his constituency and stayed on the job long enough to be accused of selling former and current players down the river in labor negotiations. Though, that was merely his latest incarnation, it certainly should not be his epitaph.
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