EX-STARS WANT CUT OF NFL CASH
A group of Pro Football Hall of Famers is demanding health insurance coverage and a share of NFL revenues or else those former players will boycott the induction ceremonies. In a letter sent to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith and Hall of Fame president David Baker, members cited themselves as “integral to the creation of the modern NFL, which in 2017 generated $14 billion in revenue.” Among the 21 signees were Eric Dickerson, who is listed as chairman of the newly created Hall of Fame board the group has formed, Jim Brown, Jerry Rice, Joe Namath, Lawrence Taylor and Sarah White, the widow of Reggie White. The strongly worded letter called out the league for paying Goodell $40 million, saying “there are better uses for that money.” The letter did include factual errors, including misspelling the name of a member.