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4:33 PM Pro wrestler Alexis Pillman, stepdaughter of the late Brian Pillman, who played briefly with the Bengals and Buffalo Bills and went on to a pro wrestling career, died yesterday in a car accident. Horrible, sad stuff.

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Goodell Takes Aim At Record Rookie Contracts

Posted by Signal to Noise on Jun. 28, 2008, 12:55pm

Ah, the broadsides that inevitably come with labor negotiations. Per the AP, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is planning to take a crack at reducing the rookie contracts many think are ridiculous — considering they are much more than what veterans will earn. The commissioner called deals such as the ones Atlanta Falcons QB Matt Ryan and Miami Dolphins O-lineman Jake Long signed “ridiculous.”

It will be particularly difficult for Lord Rog to be able to extract a change in the rookie salary scale out of NFLPA head Gene Upshaw because the union can and will demand some serious concessions in any change to the draftees’ first contracts.