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Up Front

By Stephen A. Smith
ESPN The Magazine

Thursday, March 26, 2009

The National Football League has a players union. Haven't ya heard? It includes a player from all 32 teams. There's even an executive board, and for far too long, that body has had the honor of rubber-stamping every league want and desire. However, on March 15, the membership selected DeMaurice Smith, a little-known but big-time DC attorney with no affiliation to sports whatever, as their executive director. My money is on this choice meaning that maybe, just maybe, the guys who go out on the ...

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