Smith Elected NFLPA Exec Dir

Smith Elected As New NFLPA Exec Dir

DeMaurice Smith was elected as the new NFLPA Exec Dir during a vote in Hawaii Sunday night. The election of an attorney from outside the sports industry to claim perhaps the most important position in sports labor was deemed a surprise. Smith, in a brief interview with two reporters about an hour after he had won what players said was a unanimous vote to replace the late Gene Upshaw, said, “The players here today made a decision to be unified, to take a strong step forward to build upon the leadership of Mr. Upshaw and to stand together as a family.”

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