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Tweet     This episode we fire up the DeLorean to finish the 4-part series on the history of the NFLPA.  The first episode covered Bill Radovich and the beginning of the NFLPA from the era of the 40s and 50s.  Part 2 covered John Mackey vs. NFL and the NFLPA through the 60s and 70s.  Last week we focused on the scab season and the NFLPA through the 80s.  Now we get to the 90s and beyond.  The NFL Free Agency as we know it today was brought forth in 1993, so this episode focuses primarily on the vision of the NFLPA regarding the health of players and their families.  So, strap on your seat belt, and let’s get ready to take this baby up to 88mph.   GET YOUR FOOTBALL HISTORY DUDE MERCHANDISE HERE!!!!   Connect with the show: Visit the show notes for this episode Visit me on the web - my about page Contact the show Follow me on Twitter Subscribe on YouTube Promotions: FREE ENTRY TO DRAFTKINGS AMAZON MUSIC UNLIMITED FREE TRIAL AMAZON PRIME FREE TRIAL FREE AUDIOBOOKS FROM AUDIOBOOKS   Read Full Transcript     Are you interested in sharing your favorite football moment on the show?  This is your chance to share your story with all my listener’s. Click here to share your favorite football moment LINKS FROM THE SHOW NFLPA Home Page NFLPA - History NFLPA - Health and Science Efforts Through Harvard Football History Dude Episode 57 - Bill Radovich (Part 1 of NFLPA) Football History Dude Episode 58 - NFLPA Through the 60s and 70s Football History Dude Episode 59 - Scab Season and...

18 Apr 201921min

Tweet     This episode we fire up the DeLorean to take a look back at one of the darkest decades in NFL History, the 1980's.  The fight between the players and the owners for the freedom to player for team of choice came to a head on multiple occasions.  Last week's episode covering the NFLPA through the 60's and 70's was only the tip of the spear for the players.  A strike in 1982 wiped out half of the season, and then the infamous "Scab Season" occurred in 1987.  This episode breaks it down.  So strap on your seat belt, and let’s get ready to take this baby up to 88mph.   GET YOUR FOOTBALL HISTORY DUDE MERCHANDISE HERE!!!!   Connect with the show: Visit the show notes for this episode Visit me on the web - my about page Contact the show Follow me on Twitter Subscribe on YouTube Promotions: FREE ENTRY TO DRAFTKINGS AMAZON MUSIC UNLIMITED FREE TRIAL AMAZON PRIME FREE TRIAL FREE AUDIOBOOKS FROM AUDIOBOOKS   Read Full Transcript     Are you interested in sharing your favorite football moment on the show?  This is your chance to share your story with all my listener’s. Click here to share your favorite football moment LINKS FROM THE SHOW NFLPA Home Page NFLPA - History Football History Dude Episode 57 - Bill Radovich (Part 1 of NFLPA) Football History Dude Episode 58 - NFLPA Through the 60s and 70s NFLPA - 60 NFLPA Heroes YouTube - NFLPA History YouTube - NFLPA Mission Statement YouTube - 1982 Season YouTube - Year of the Scab <a...

10 Apr 201922min

Tweet     This episode we fire up the DeLorean and head back to continue the fight for the players against NFL owners.  Last week was part 1 of a 4 part series covering the history of the NFLPA.  This week covers the 1960s and 1970s.  The announcement of the AFL took things in a different direction for both sides.  However, the John Mackey vs. NFL case was the most significant event towards advancing the right to free agency for the players.  John Mackey played a large role beyond his litigation.  This episode bridges the events between the creation of the NFLPA and the strikes of the 80s.  So strap on your seat belt, and let’s get ready to take this baby up to 88mph.   GET YOUR FOOTBALL HISTORY DUDE MERCHANDISE HERE!!!!   Connect with the show: Visit the show notes for this episode Visit me on the web - my about page Contact the show Follow me on Twitter Subscribe on YouTube Promotions: FREE ENTRY TO DRAFTKINGS AMAZON MUSIC UNLIMITED FREE TRIAL AMAZON PRIME FREE TRIAL FREE AUDIOBOOKS FROM AUDIOBOOKS   Read Full Transcript     Are you interested in sharing your favorite football moment on the show?  This is your chance to share your story with all my listener’s. Click here to share your favorite football moment LINKS FROM THE SHOW NFLPA Home Page NFLPA - History Football History Dude Ep. 55 - NFL Free Agency (Pre-Modern Era) Football History Dude Episode 57 - Bill Radovich (Part 1 of NFLPA) NFLPA - 60 NFLPA Heroes YouTube - NFLPA History YouTube - NFLPA Mission Statement   Below are some relevant items to this episode.  (Note - As

3 Apr 201919min

Tweet This episode we fire up the DeLorean and head back to learn about Bill Radovich, the Father of Sports Labor Action.  Bill was a player for the Detroit Lions during the late 1930s and 1940s.  He had what he felt was a simple request, to be traded to a Western team to be close to his sick father.  His request was denied, and the league threatened to blacklist him if he jumped ship.  Bill thought this was uncool, so he took the NFL to courts.  We talked in previous episodes about many court cases and the fight for modern free agency.  This episode covers a time period before it was thought to be possible for players to be free, including the formation of the NFLPA.  So strap on your seat belt, and let’s get ready to take this baby up to 88mph.   GET YOUR FOOTBALL HISTORY DUDE MERCHANDISE HERE!!!!   Connect with the show: Visit the show notes for this episode Visit me on the web - my about page Contact the show Follow me on Twitter Subscribe on YouTube Promotions: FREE ENTRY TO DRAFTKINGS AMAZON MUSIC UNLIMITED FREE TRIAL AMAZON PRIME FREE TRIAL FREE AUDIOBOOKS FROM AUDIOBOOKS   Read Full Transcript   Are you interested in sharing your favorite football moment on the show?  This is your chance to share your story with all my listener’s. Click here to share your favorite football moment LINKS FROM THE SHOW NFLPA Home Page NFLPA - 60 Heroes in 60 Years - Bill Radovich NFLPA - History NFLPA - Bill Radovich Memorial Internships YouTube - NFLPA History YouTube - NFLPA Mission Statement <a...

27 Mars 201918min

Tweet This episode we fire up the DeLorean and head back to learn about free agency in the NFL.  Last week we learned about the history of free agency up to 1992.  Let's just say this was a good step forward, but the case that really broke open the free agency for players in the modern era was Reggie White vs. NFL.  The ruling in the Reggie White case allowed many players to deal with any team they wanted to, but it still wasn't quite what the players had fought for.  This episode explains the comprises from each side of the battle for player freedom.  So strap on your seat belt, and let’s get ready to take this baby up to 88mph.   GET YOUR FOOTBALL HISTORY DUDE MERCHANDISE HERE!!!!   Connect with the show: Visit the show notes for this episode Visit me on the web - my about page Contact the show Follow me on Twitter Subscribe on YouTube Promotions: FREE ENTRY TO DRAFTKINGS AMAZON MUSIC UNLIMITED FREE TRIAL AMAZON PRIME FREE TRIAL FREE AUDIOBOOKS FROM AUDIOBOOKS   Read Full Transcript   Are you interested in sharing your favorite football moment on the show?  This is your chance to share your story with all my listener’s. Click here to share your favorite football moment LINKS FROM THE SHOW NFL Important Dates NFLPA - History 2019 NFL Free Agency Glossary Washington Post - Three Players File Suit Court Listener - Reggie White v. NFL New York Times - Packers Land Reggie White Sports Illustrated -...

20 Mars 201924min

Tweet This episode we fire up the DeLorean and head back to learn about free agency in the NFL   Every year in the middle of March, many NFL players strike it rich.  It wasn't always this way.  Players didn't have much leverage at the birth of the NFL.  Sure, we learned about Pudge Heffelfinger becoming the first dude to get paid for playing football way back in episode 2, but that doesn't mean players were always getting paid well.  It took some time for the balance between the players and owners to come together, and it all picked up steam in 1974.  This episode walks you from the beginning (1920) through right before the moment that is declared the turning point in modern NFL free agency.  So strap on your seat belt, and let’s get ready to take this baby up to 88mph.   GET YOUR FOOTBALL HISTORY DUDE MERCHANDISE HERE!!!!   Connect with the show: Visit the show notes for this episode Visit me on the web - my about page Contact the show Follow me on Twitter Subscribe on YouTube Promotions: FREE ENTRY TO DRAFTKINGS AMAZON MUSIC UNLIMITED FREE TRIAL AMAZON PRIME FREE TRIAL FREE AUDIOBOOKS FROM AUDIOBOOKS   Read Full Transcript   Are you interested in sharing your favorite football moment on the show?  This is your chance to share your story with all my listener’s. Click here to share your favorite football moment LINKS FROM THE SHOW NFL Important Dates NFLPA - History ESPN - Chronology of NFL Labor History Sports Law - Antitrust Labor Law Issues Forbes - Everything You Need to Know About NFL Free Agency Bleacher Report - NFL History - The Road to Free Agency <a...

13 Mars 201921min

Tweet This episode we fire up the DeLorean and head back to learn about the man known as the Father of Instant Replay, Art McNally.  Art gave almost 60 years of his life to the NFL to improve the officiating department.  Last episode discussed Shorty Ray's impact on the development of the rules.  Art McNally used this foundation and trained his officials to be the best they could be.  He developed the modern evaluation system that transformed how NFL officials improve their craft.  Art won many awards throughout his lifetime, even earning the honor of having the Game Day Central for NFL officials named after him.  The only thing he is missing is that birth into the Professional Football Hall of Fame.  This episode gives you information to make the decision if you feel he should be included.  So strap on your seat belt, and let’s get ready to take this baby up to 88mph.   GET YOUR FOOTBALL HISTORY DUDE MERCHANDISE HERE!!!!   Connect with the show: Visit the show notes for this episode Visit me on the web - my about page Contact the show Follow me on Twitter Subscribe on YouTube Promotions: FREE ENTRY TO DRAFTKINGS AMAZON MUSIC UNLIMITED FREE TRIAL AMAZON PRIME FREE TRIAL FREE AUDIOBOOKS FROM AUDIOBOOKS   Read Full Transcript   Are you interested in sharing your favorite football moment on the show?  This is your chance to share your story with all my listener’s. Click here to share your favorite football moment LINKS FROM THE SHOW NFL Operations - History of the Official NFL Operations - History of the Official - Art McNally Pro Football Hall of Fame - Art McNally - Pioneer Award Football Zebras - Why Art McNally Is Overdue for the Hall <a...

6 Mars 201922min

Tweet This episode we fire up the DeLorean and head back to learn about the man known as the NFL's Mr. Einstein and often referred to as the NFL's Unknown Hero, Hugh "Shorty" Ray.  We were introduced to him in last week's episode covering the History of the NFL Official, but this episode we get to learn why he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.  Many say President Teddy Roosevelt was responsible for saving football, but Shorty Ray was possibly the true mastermind for turning the NFL into the most dominant sport in America.  So strap on your seat belt, and let’s get ready to take this baby up to 88mph. HUGH RAY BIOGRAPHY - NFL'S MR. EINSTEIN   GET YOUR FOOTBALL HISTORY DUDE MERCHANDISE HERE!!!!   Connect with the show: Visit the show notes for this episode Visit me on the web - my about page Contact the show Follow me on Twitter Subscribe on YouTube Promotions: FREE ENTRY TO DRAFTKINGS AMAZON MUSIC UNLIMITED FREE TRIAL AMAZON PRIME FREE TRIAL FREE AUDIOBOOKS FROM AUDIOBOOKS   Read Full Transcript   Are you interested in sharing your favorite football moment on the show?  This is your chance to share your story with all my listener’s. Click here to share your favorite football moment LINKS FROM THE SHOW NFL Operations - History of the Official NFL Operations - History of the Official - Hugh "Shorty" Ray Pro Football Hall of Fame - Hugh (Shorty) Ray Hugh Ray Football.com Marvel Comics - Wolverine Bio     Below are some relevant items to this episode.  (Note -...

27 Feb 201922min