Gene Upshaw

I know I'm going to hell for pissing on the still-warm dead, but I just heard about Gene Upshaw dying and the first thing that I thought of was man, maybe now the retired NFL players can get the medical benefits they desperately need.

In 2006, he alienated many retired players after comments he made in response to 325 former AFL and NFL players receiving minimal retirement benefits. When the former players attempted to have the league and the Association consider their plight, Upshaw responded: "I don't work for them. They are not union members and they have no vote."