Stover e-mail shows plan to find successor to NFLPA boss Upshaw
An effort to oust Gene Upshaw as the NFL Players Association Executive Director became evident Monday, when veteran
Baltimore Ravens kicker
Matt Stover e-mailed a plan to fellow player representatives to have a new union boss in place by March 2009.
In his e-mail, a copy of which has been obtained by ESPN, Stover revealed a conference call among player reps last week about which he said, "I was on that conference call and I am not the only rep who listened and felt that it is time for a change." Two union sources say that Stover objected strongly to the amount of Upshaw's latest contract, which called for $24 million in salary over six years.
Upshaw said Tuesday morning that he was aware of Stover's e-mail but read it for the first time when ESPN forwarded him a copy. Upshaw's contract runs through 2010, but he said Tuesday he told player representatives at their annual meeting in Maui in March that with a looming labor confrontation with NFL owners, "I would never leave until this deal is done."
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