• Gene Upshaw has died

  Filed under NFL News
  Aug 21

  Reports around the internet are claiming that Gene Upshaw died this morning. This actually came as a surprise to me since he was only 63 years old. Supposedly he had pancreatic cancer though. While I have never been a huge supporter of Gene Upshaw it is always a sad day when someone dies prematurely. Gene Upshaw was in charge of the NFL player’s association for around 16 years. I never totally agreed with how Gene Upshaw ran the player’s association especially regarding retired players but this isn’t really the time to get into that.

  While it might not be the best thing to discuss in this post, Gene Upshaw’s death will have an impact in the latest contract talks. I doubt it will have a huge impact though since I am assuming Gene Upshaw and the player’s association had a plan in case this happened since he did have cancer. I am assuming that the player’s association will hire an interim to fill in for Gene Upshaw while they find a replacement.

  My thoughts go out to Gene Upshaw’s family because it is never easy when someone’s life is cut premature by cancer.

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One Response to “Gene Upshaw has died”

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   Upshaw Fan said on August 21st, 2008 at 8:00 am

   A fan tribute site has been created for Gene where you can leave your thoughts and prayers:

   http://www.MosaicOfHope.org/goto/GeneUpshaw

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