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| 2nd February, 2007 - 11:56 am | Washington Post - NFL Players Association officials defended the league's pension plan Thursday after a group of former players attacked it as insufficient.
"What we're hearing is: 'It's not enough. We should give more. It should be the same for the active players and the retired players,' " union chief Gene Upshaw said. "That's never going to happen. . . . We do what we can do. We will continue to do what we must do, and we have not turned our back on anyone."
Upshaw's comments came after a group of retired players headed by former Green Bay Packers guard Jerry Kramer announced earlier that it was conducting an online auction to raise money for needy former NFL players.
"These guys are proud," said former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka, who is involved in the project. "They don't want to beg, and the money is there. They gave us a lot of enjoyment over the years. I think it's worth helping them, I really do." [READ] |
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