If the letter wasn't so insulting to disabled retired players, it would almost be humorous in how they tried to dance around the issue after being caught red-handed. You can read it here.
There's also another article in the works that will feature some of our group explaining how the disability cuts will impact them. All of this is good news. Now it's our job to keep the momentum going and for the next day or two, I'm going to be somewhat out of pocket as I have a different job to complete.
Scott Shanle and Kelly Majkowski will be on deck to answer questions and help keep the twitter assault going. I've learned that some active players really hate this and are trying to get things rolled back for the disabled, and I'm told that six team owners, in particular, are standing in the way: Cowboys, Patriots, Chiefs, Bengals, Steelers, and Giants, so you may want to lob some tweets in their direction along with Roger Goodell.
We also need to keep pressure on the NFL's sponsors. Here's a suggestion that might work to gain more visibility in that respect. Go to the twitter accounts of Anheuser Busch, Amazon, Microsoft and FedEx and REPLY to something they've tweeted especially if it has gotten a few replies. Show what the NFL and NFLPA are doing and like Jill's tweet that was included in the Deadspin article, ask them to reconsider their association with such people.
That's it for now. Keep up the great work!
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