HUNTER HILLENMEYER RUMORS
NFLPA Files Unfair Labor Practice Claim With NLRB
The NFL Players Association has filed an unfair labor practice claim with the National Labor Relations Board on Friday, ProPlayersInsider.com reports. Citing union sources, the report states that the NFLPA has been trying to obtain a list of players eligible for injury protection benefits under the new collective bargaining agreement since October, but the league has yet to provide...
Former LB Hunter Hillenmeyer Battles Bears, NFL Over Lost Benefits, Salary
Former Bears linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer is battling the Bears and NFL for $900,000 due him according to the collective bargaining agreement after two doctors, one the independent neurological consultant for the Bears, recommended he no longer play football according to Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune. The Bears cut him with one year and $1.8 million remaining on his contract...
League responds to issue of concussion grievances
While the NFLPA generally, and former Bears linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer specifically, have taken issue with the apparent disconnect between the league’s efforts to protect players from concussions and an alleged unwillingness to provide ongoing salary to players who retire after being advised to do so due to concussions, the NFL points out that the new…
Via Pro Football Talk
January 29, 2012
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Hunter Hillenmeyer battling NFL, Bears for $900,000
The issue of concussions is at the heart of another fight between a former NFL player and the league. Former Bears linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer is battling the NFL and the Bears for $900,000 he believes he’s owed after the team released him in 2011. Doctors, including the independent neurological consultant for the Bears, recommended Hillenmeyer…
Via Pro Football Talk
January 28, 2012
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Ex-Bear Hillenmeyer forges ahead in business after football
Former Bears linebacker considered post-game options early, earned MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management while still on teamVeteran Bears linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer was playing in the 2010 season opener against the Detroit Lions when he felt ill and left the field.
Via Chicago Breaking Sports
December 31, 2011
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