Fairness for Athletes in Retirement

Fighting for pension parity for the pioneering pre-1993 NFL players who built the league into what it is today – and now deserve dignity in retirement.

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“All we want is pension parity. We paved the way for most of these guys to make millions... The problem is, we have subpoverty pensions & no health care.” Learn more via @nytimes about why we’re fighting for pension equality for pre-1993 @NFL players → https://t.co/rriwEy6Bnp

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“These were the generation of men who ushered in the greatest sports business in the world.” Strong testimonial from @TroyVincentSr, EVP of @NFL, on the new CBA set to benefit thousands of pre-93 retirees. https://t.co/rXCyfRRBQL

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#ICYMI: “This has been such a long fight to get pension parity for pre-1993 NFL players, and I’m very gratified that the owners and the union stepped up like they have,” - Lisa Marie Riggins, FAIR President. Congratulating @NFL & @NFLPA on #PensionParity!

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FAIR President Lisa Marie Riggins would like to thank the @NFL & @NFLPA for raising pension benefits for retired players – especially those who retired before 1993 and needed it most – in the recently ratified Collective Bargaining Agreement. Read more:

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RELEASE: FAIR spent more than two years compiling actuarial data and developing comprehensive materials for NFL owners and players to detail the pension crisis. Thanks to our advocates and former players turned advisors -- we did it.

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Did you catch NFL Hall of Famer Steve Largent sporting his FAIR lapel pin at the #SuperBowl? We’re changing the conversation on pension reform. Learn more about our fight today ➡️https://t.co/zgjSr8R6tk.

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NFL superstars supporting FAIR at #SuperBowlLIV — check the lapel pins on Franco Harris and Anthony Muñoz! #PensionEquity

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Did you catch FAIR in this @FoxNews recap of 2019? They named our president and founding board member, Lisa Marie Riggins, among the Power Players of last year. Here’s to more hard work on behalf of the @NFL’s greatest in 2020! https://t.co/0yK6CPrPnJ

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As a retired football legend who’s now in his 80s, @JimBrownNFL32 knows a thing or two about the men who made the @NFL. Read @yahoosports coverage where Brown blasts immorally low pension payouts and calls for others to support our mission at FAIR. https://t.co/PDC3udvWZX

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Did you see the @Yahoosports coverage of @JimBrownNFL32’s opinion piece in the @nytimes? #InCaseYouMissedIt: https://t.co/PDC3udNxRv

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#ICYMI: from @yahoosports: Jim Brown calls NFL's pension rate 'shockingly, immorally, low' https://t.co/PDC3udvWZX

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#ICYMI: Cleveland @browns legend @JimBrownNFL32 wrote an op-ed in the @nytimes on the need for pension reform: “Rank-and-file players from the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s who helped make the league…their pensions from the league are shockingly, immorally, low.”

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As you watch the @Browns play today, keep @JimBrownNFL32’s points in mind from his recent @nytimes op-ed - “many [pre-93 players] are struggling because their primary employer, one that is now awash in cash, chooses to give them barely any pension.”

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Yesterday, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio, Elizabeth Warren, Rick Scott and Ed Markey passed a resolution in the U.S. Senate honoring the life of Nick Buoniconti.

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With plans to grow the game internationally and continue expanding, it’s clear we have the opportunity to finally provide pre-93 players with a pension that allows them to take care of themselves. Get the facts: https://t.co/iCDoRGC1Lt

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The NFL will formally present its 17-game plan to players in January. It is very extensive. Here's how it would work: https://t.co/6ZLgiPjkCI

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🚨🚨🚨From @TheAthletic: ‘owners receptive to FAIR plan’ and ‘the NFLPA is taking the pension issue seriously’ https://t.co/lqNDg04yIA

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#ICYMI: "Riggins’ three-year-old nonprofit organization, Fairness for Athletes in Retirement (FAIR), recently sent to owners and the NFLPA a proposal to take 0.95 percent of the salary cap for a decade as a part of a new collective bargaining agreement." https://t.co/lqNDg04yIA

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Thanks to @KaplanSportsBiz for profiling FAIR and our mission: “FAIR is reminding the owners and players that the game’s uber-violent roots have taken a toll, so they have a moral obligation to address.” https://t.co/P1okAdoYKg

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From @yahoosports on FAIR’s own advisory board member, John Riggins. One of the all-time greats, with wit and attitude he kept things fun on and off the field. Listen to @Theismann7, @RealJoeNamath and others:
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#ICYMI: FAIR’s president and founding board member Lisa Marie Riggins joined @FoxNewsSunday and detailed our charge to protect the legends who built pro football.

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Fox News Sunday’s Power Player of the week is Lisa Marie Riggins, President of Fairness for Athletes in Retirement. Check your local listings. #FNS #FoxNews

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ICYMI: We ran a full-page ad in this month’s football-themed @SouthwestAir magazine! Here are @NFL and @ProFootballHOF legends including @CurleyCulp, Ed “Too Tall” Jones, Bobby Bell and Elvin Bethea posing to show it off: