Ravens Kicker Wants to Oust NFLPA Boss

Stover's email details plan to replace Upshaw as union director
By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 9, 2008 12:39 PM CDT
Ravens Kicker Wants to Oust NFLPA Boss
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, center, talks with Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young (10) and center Kevin Mawae (68). Mawae was elected NFLPA president in March.   (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

In an email obtained by ESPN, Ravens kicker Matt Stover outlines a plan to install a new NFL Players Association Executive Director by March 2009. Stover cites other union reps' agreement that "it is time for a change" from Gene Upshaw's leadership. "Matt Stover has no clue. Whoever is pulling his chain is doing a disservice to the union," says Upshaw.

The NFLPA boss, whose contract runs through 2010, acknowledges that a group of players is interested in change, but defends his work for the union. "I could understand the idea that they need to get rid of me if I wasn't doing a good job but, shoot, the owners are mad because they think I've done too good of a job." (More NFL stories.)

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