He meant as much to us off the field as much as on it, ... He had his name on the lawsuit and he didn't get one penny. That's just the type of guy he was. His character, his integrity was everything any NFL player should aspire to be.
More Quotes from Gene Upshaw:
The NFL negotiators called us tonight to indicate that they will take our complete package to the owners for an approval vote on Tuesday. We have therefore agreed to extend the free agent deadline until midnight Wednesday in order to provide time for that vote to be accomplished. It was the NFL's previous rejection of our proposal earlier this evening that caused the talks to break down.Gene Upshaw
I won't come down. The players know that. Only the owners can make a proposal.
Gene Upshaw
If we are having a difficult time reaching an agreement now, I don't want to imagine what it could be like in 2006 and 2007. If they don't like our proposal now, they really won't like it then.
Gene Upshaw
We're taking the position it will not get resolved. We're just not there yet. Today, we might as well head to an uncapped year.
Gene Upshaw
We were almost in arbitration a couple of times, but everyone thought that it was in everybody's interest to reach a settlement. If you leave it up to an arbitrator, you have no control of the situation. We have a duty to represent the player, and that's what we did.
Gene Upshaw
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