Gene Upshaw Position Quotations

March 3 will be the beginning of a new league year and we are just not there yet. I'm taking the position now that it won't get done.

We are taking the position that's additional punishment. It's not fair to a player not to have an additional chance.

We don't want to leave it with them, ... They've taken the position that revenue sharing is none of our business. The hell it isn't.

We're taking the position it will not get resolved. We're just not there yet. Today, we might as well head to an uncapped year.

Once we get to the league year, I don't see us getting a deal done any time soon. We're taking the position we're not going to get this resolved, so you should go ahead and do contracts based on that.

He said that I had to stay on this. He was very adamant about his position on it. We're all going to be at the services, but we cannot forget the principles and integrity and what he stood for. He did it and now it's what every other league is trying to do.