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New NFLPA head working without contract (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

New executive director DeMaurice Smith has been working for the NFL Players Association without a contract for six weeks while a deal is being negotiated. A person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press that Smith has not been paid anything by the union. "He is not a holdout. He has been doing 16-hour days of work essentially for the players," said the person, who spoke on the...