NFL, union to aid retired players.

[Redskin Rich]

I don't know much if anything about the loan thing.... I can see both points in their dislike... Ditka feels the union owes it to the older guys to take care of them.... He is right, to a point.

The older guys did not have the clout to get the benefits they needed. Now that the younger guys have the clout, they are only interested in themselves. Gene Upshaw is the target that Ditka is directing his anger at.... but it shouldn't be Upshaw, but in fact the union that gives Upshaw his direction. If the current players wanted to work hard to take care of the guys who laid the foundation for their success... then I am sure the NFLPA would get it done with Upshaw in the lead putting pressure on the NFL.