Professional Sports Team Community Protection Act: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session on S. 2505 ... April 27 and May 12, 1984 |
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Page 64 - The Commissioner's Office also is fully involved in this process. The Commissioner, by agreement between the leagues, is empowered to investigate, either upon complaint or upon his own initiative, any act which is charged or suspected to be not in the best
Page 82 - statement follows:] STATEMENT OF GENE UPSHAW, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION Mr. Chairman and Member of the Committee: My name is Gene Upshaw. I am Executive Director of the NFL Players Association. I came into professional football in 1967 and played offensive line with the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders Football team. I have been an alternate player representative,
Page 23 - STATEMENT OF HON. PAUL S. SARBANES, US SENATOR FROM MARYLAND Senator SARBANES. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. I
Page 1 - to notice, at 10:05 am, in room SR-253, Russell Senate Office Building, Hon. Slade Gorton presiding. Staff members assigned to these
Page 91 - Members of the Committee: My name is Donald M. Fehr, and I am the acting executive director, and general counsel of the Major League Baseball Players Association.
Page 57 - not a conspiracy. To treat it as such is to force results which are unlikely to achieve any purpose intended by Congress.
Page 84 - and we will be pleased to work with the Committee and its staff to
Page 91 - executive director, and general counsel of the Major League Baseball Players Association. The MLBPA is the exclusive collective bargaining representative
Page 44 - Chairman. I would like to commend you and the members of your committee
Page 144 - JAMES W. SYMINGTON. STATEMENT OF JOHN A. ZIEGLER, JR., PRESIDENT, NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee,