DONALD FEHR RUMORS & GOSSIP
Dave Prouty promoted to general counsel of MLBPA
Dave Prouty has been promoted to general counsel of the Major League Baseball Players Association.
The 54-year-old Prouty becomes the fourth general counsel in the union's history, following Dick Moss (1966-77), Donald Fehr (1977-04) and Michael Weiner (2004-13). The promotion was announced Wednesday.
Weiner succeeded Fehr as the union's executive director in December 2009...
Via AP on Fox
February 06, 2013
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Fehr: NHLPA ready for talks to resume
Donald Fehr and the players association are ready to get back to the bargaining table at any moment. They are now just waiting for the NHL to feel the same way.
''(We aren't talking) because the owners have not indicated a desire to resume,'' the NHLPA's executive director said Wednesday night before a charity hockey game. ''We've indicated any...
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December 16, 2012
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Statement From Donald Fehr On Owners/Players Meeting
TORONTO (December 2, 2012): Don Fehr, NHLPA Executive Director issued the following statement this evening regarding a meeting between Owners and Players later this week:
“The NHLPA has agreed to a meeting on Tuesday in New York that should facilitate dialogue between Players and Owners. Neither the Commissioner nor I will be present, although each side will have a limited...
NHL players offer new plan to end lockout
The NHL Players Assn. made what it called a move in the NHLs direction by presenting a revised, five-year proposal during collective bargaining talks with the league Wednesday morning in New York.
Donald Fehr, the NHLPAs executive director, said the new comprehensive proposal narrows the gap between the union and management to 182 million over five years. However, the NHL has disputed...
Via Fox Sports West
November 21, 2012
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NO LAUGHING MATTER
Ovechkin calls NHL owners 'clowns'
Following some negative statements made by the League, the Capitals superstar took to Twitter to express his discontent with the lockout.
The Owners Are Not Dealing With Fehr Properly
from Kevin Allen of USA TODAY,
At best, an unidentified NHL official exercised poor judgment in accusing NHL Players Association executive director Donald Fehr of not fully informing his constituents of the NHL's offer.
At worst, owners are embracing a misguided, counter-productive strategy
Anyone who believes owners can bring about peace with players by trying to...
Fehr questions NHL's offer in letter to players
TORONTO -- NHL players' union head Donald Fehr says management's latest proposal would cost his members more than 1.6 billion over six years.
In a letter to players and agents, Fehr said the proposal owners made this week in what they said was an attempt to preserve a full 82-game schedule was an improvement over previous management offers but "represents very large...
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October 17, 2012
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Donald Fehr Statement After Cancellation Of Games
TORONTO (October 4, 2012) – Don Fehr, National Hockey League Players’ Association Executive Director, released the following statement regarding today’s decision by the NHL to cancel games through October 24, 2012:
“The decision to cancel the first two weeks of the NHL season is the unilateral choice of the NHL owners. If the owners truly cared about the game and the...
Donald Fehr Addresses The Media Again
This time Fehr has roughly 300 of his closest NHL players with him, as the settle in New York for two days of NHLPA meetings.
I have to believe most of you have come to the conclusion we are about to see a lockout when we wake up on Sunday morning.
I am not going to post numerous tweets from Fehr's press conference, but this one basically sums up the wide gap between the...
NHL breaks off talks with union
NHL Players Association executive director Donald Fehr says labor negotiations have broken off with two weeks to go before the NHL has threatened to lockout its players.
Fehr made the announcement at league headquarters in New York on Friday, after saying the union's latest counteroffer ''did not bear fruit'' with the NHL.
The NHLPA's latest offer came three...
Via Fox Sports
August 31, 2012
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