The NFLPA will steer free agents away from signing with the Bears if a new Illinois Senate bill that executive director DeMaurice Smith says targets professional athletes passes.
Retired NFL player Sean Gilbert, who wants to replace NFL Players Association chief DeMaurice Smith, released his platform Tuesday highlighted by a plan to terminate the league's collective bargaining agreement and including support for an 18-game season.
An NFL official said Friday that the Washington Redskins' name is not a slur, a day after the head of the NFL Players Association said it was.
NFL Players Association director DeMaurice Smith was critical of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on a number of topics Thursday, ranging from punishments to expanded playoffs to HGH testing.
DeMaurice Smith, the executive director of the NFL Players' Association, says the union will look into the circumstances surrounding DeSean Jackson's release from the Philadelphia Eagles.
Eric Winston, the newly elected president of the NFL Players Association, has vowed not to let the NFL expand to an 18-game season on his watch.