‘"We have to see the information to make the best decision. And since we don’t have that information we couldn’t even agree to an extension because of not having those audited financials. We can’t continue to play this back-and-forth match. This is the situation the NFL owners have created and now we as players have to do everything in our power to protect all the trailblazers that came before us had fought for. We can’t just give it back on the words, ‘Trust me.’"’
Archives for March 12, 2011
Remembering Cookie Gilchrist
‘Today’s younger generations do not know about Carlton Chester (Cookie) Gilchrist. I consider myself fortunate to have known him. I admire and respect him because he lived his life standing up for his beliefs – and doing so in a time when being coloured meant you were often denied basic rights that most of us take for granted. And I sometimes wonder what kind of football and financial rewards he could have achieved were he playing today.’