Stu gives big ups to Gene Upshaw

...27: (L-R) National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman, National Football League Players Association Executive Director Gene Upshaw, National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell, National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern, Major League Baseball Player...

...27: (L-R) National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman, National Football League Players Association Executive Director Gene Upshaw, National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell, National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern, Major League Baseball Player...

NFL Player's Union president Gene Upshaw speaks with the media on Pro Bowl Media Day before the AFC's 23-20 overtime...

Gene Upshaw, executive counsel of the NFL Players Association, gestures during their annual Super Bowl news conference Thursday...

NFLPA Press Conference PHOENIX - JANUARY 31: Executive director of the National Football League Players Association Gene Upshaw speaks to the media during a news conference prior to Super Bowl XLII at the Phoenix...

GENE UPSHAW (1945-2008)

...League Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, Harold Henderson, executive vice president of labor relation for the NFL, and Gene Upshaw, National Football League Players Association executive director, are sworn in before the House Committee on Government...

Gene Upshaw

GLENDALE, AZ - FEBRUARY 03: Executive Director of the National Football League Players Association Gene Upshaw arrives on Fox's Super Bowl XLII red carpet on February 3, 2008 at University of...

Executive director of the National Football League Players Association Gene Upshaw speaks to the media during a news conference prior to Super Bowl XLII at the Phoenix...

MIAMI BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 1: Gene Upshaw of the NFL Players Association answers questions along with Troy Vincent during the press conference at...

...a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee with NFL Players Association Executive Director Gene Upshaw (L) and Pro Football Hall of Fame player and Coach Mike Ditka (C) on Capitol Hill...

Former Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka, right, talks with Gene Upshaw, executive director of the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday...

...accompanied by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, center, and National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) Executive Director Gene Upshaw, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, before the Senate Commerce Committee hearing...

...L-R) Gene Upshaw and Michael Vick