SLI: Youth football should curb hits in practice
A group advocating safer sport says it defies logic that there are far more precautions taken to protect NFL players from head trauma than youth and high school football players.
The Sports Legacy Group visited the Super Bowl media center Friday to announce it was launching a national initiative to encourage youth and high school football programs to curb or eliminate contact practices...
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…
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…
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.
Training Camp Tidbits: August 4
Tuesday was Day 5 and practice No. 6. Now for some links and tidbits:Injured List:Brian Iwuh was carted off the field with a knee injury. Other players who did not practice: Chris Harris, Major Wright, Hunter Hillenmeyer, Juaquin Iglesias and Marcus Harrison. [Chicago Tribune]Thoughts and Tidbits:Brett Favre says he's going to retire; the Bears will believe it when they see it...
Strongside Linebacker: Is this the best the Bears could do?
Bears Brain
Trust will go over each position and see how the Bears did. We’ll look
at how the Bears finished in 2009, what they tried to do during the
offseason, and how well they executed -- and if they should have done
anything differently.__________Still here: Hunter Hillenmeyer: Played in 14 games (started in 13) at both strongside linebacker and middle linebacker; made 65...
Middle Linebacker: Is this the best the Bears could do?
Bears Brain
Trust will go over each position and see how the Bears did. We’ll look
at how the Bears finished in 2009, what they tried to do during the
offseason, and how well they executed -- and if they should have done
anything differently.__________Still here:Brian Urlacher, injured in the first half of week one; missed the rest of the seasonTim Shaw, special teams player who...
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