Gene Upshaw
I have respected him for what he has done as a Player’s Rep more than anyone in any sport BY FAR for a long time. He has made legitimate changes without ruining the game (Unlike Donald Fehr) and has done wonderful things such as helping former players get the help that they need, and deserve, and turn the player’s union from a bankrupt joke to a just dynasty, and being a part of the best national business in the country, imo. For someone to hear they have cancer and die four days afterwards is one of the worst things I have ever heard, let alone to someone that gave themselves (and their family too) to a cause which they meant the best for, is just heartbreaking. RIP Gene, I, along with millions, know that you have changed the game as much as any player. I feel for your family, I feel for those that have known you, and I feel for anyone that has to go through what your family has gone through in such a short period.
3 years ago