Jameel Cook -- a former Super Bowl champ with the Bucs -- was just convicted of stealing over $100k from an NFL player trust fund ... and prosecutors raked him over the coals afterward!!! "He stole from the very fund his fellow former players depend on for help," Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said ... "And he has now fallen from professional football glory to the ranks of felons." As we previously reported ... the ex-Tampa Bay...
- 5/29/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Jameel Cook -- a Fb on the '02 Super Bowl-winning Tampa Bay Bucs -- has been charged with allegedly stealing more than $100K meant for injured NFL players and is facing 10 years in prison. According to the Harris County D.A.'s Office in Texas -- 39-year-old Cook filed 30 bogus claims between March 2016 and September 2017. The account Cook allegedly stole from was the Gene Upshaw NFL Player Plan -- set up to benefit former players.
- 9/7/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
If you think Hollywood's top lobbying group will rush to find the next Jack Valenti now that former Sen. Bob Kerrey is out of the running, think again.
There appears to be little urgency among the studio chiefs who must make the selection, several of whom are on summer vacation. It's likely they won't have the next CEO of the MPAA in place before January.
Annoyed and embarrassed after the dragged-out, all-too-public negotiations with Kerrey, they will let things settle down while the search begins anew, probably with a new executive recruiter to seek candidates -- which could include government officials who will be unemployed after November.
The search that led to Kerrey was conducted by Korn Ferry, but a studio source said the studios are "not that thrilled" with the results and likely will talk to others, such as Spencer Stuart and Heidrick & Struggles, before making a choice about whom to work with.
There appears to be little urgency among the studio chiefs who must make the selection, several of whom are on summer vacation. It's likely they won't have the next CEO of the MPAA in place before January.
Annoyed and embarrassed after the dragged-out, all-too-public negotiations with Kerrey, they will let things settle down while the search begins anew, probably with a new executive recruiter to seek candidates -- which could include government officials who will be unemployed after November.
The search that led to Kerrey was conducted by Korn Ferry, but a studio source said the studios are "not that thrilled" with the results and likely will talk to others, such as Spencer Stuart and Heidrick & Struggles, before making a choice about whom to work with.
- 8/3/2010
- by By Alex Ben Block and Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Suit targets SAG exec's former firm
When Doug Allen of the NFL Players Assn. joined SAG as national executive director in January, his experience co-founding licensing company Players Inc. was touted as a plus that could bear dividends for the guild.
Since then, Players Inc. seems to have sprouted a legal headache.
The 13-year-old company brokers marketing deals on behalf of 1,800 active and 3,500 retired athletes, exploiting players' likenesses, images and voices via video games, trading cards, clothing and other merchandise. Players Inc.'s Web site promotes the company as a $750 million retail licensing business.
But five weeks after Allen took up his SAG post on Jan. 8, Players Inc. came under fire. Retired NFL players Bernard Parrish and Herbert Adderley sued the company Feb. 14 in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, claiming to be among the 3,500 retired NFL players allegedly owed tens of millions of dollars in unpaid residuals.
"Players Inc. has ... diverted millions of dollars from Players Inc. to the NFLPA in order to support overhead, substantial salaries and perquisites to NFLPA management and employees," the suit alleges.
Players Inc. is affiliated with the NFLPA, where Allen was assistant national executive director for almost 20 years. The suit names the NFLPA and Players Inc. but does not name Allen or other individuals.
According to Labor Department filings, Allen's union compensation totaled $1.9 million during the 2005-06 reporting period, representing a fourfold leap from the previous reporting period.
Allen's wife, Pat Allen, then Players Inc.'s COO, saw her pay roughly double to $633,534 during the same period; NFLPA executive director Gene Upshaw received salary and bonuses totaling $6.7 million, making him the highest-paid union chief in sports, according to a July 9 article in SportsBusiness Journal.
Since then, Players Inc. seems to have sprouted a legal headache.
The 13-year-old company brokers marketing deals on behalf of 1,800 active and 3,500 retired athletes, exploiting players' likenesses, images and voices via video games, trading cards, clothing and other merchandise. Players Inc.'s Web site promotes the company as a $750 million retail licensing business.
But five weeks after Allen took up his SAG post on Jan. 8, Players Inc. came under fire. Retired NFL players Bernard Parrish and Herbert Adderley sued the company Feb. 14 in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, claiming to be among the 3,500 retired NFL players allegedly owed tens of millions of dollars in unpaid residuals.
"Players Inc. has ... diverted millions of dollars from Players Inc. to the NFLPA in order to support overhead, substantial salaries and perquisites to NFLPA management and employees," the suit alleges.
Players Inc. is affiliated with the NFLPA, where Allen was assistant national executive director for almost 20 years. The suit names the NFLPA and Players Inc. but does not name Allen or other individuals.
According to Labor Department filings, Allen's union compensation totaled $1.9 million during the 2005-06 reporting period, representing a fourfold leap from the previous reporting period.
Allen's wife, Pat Allen, then Players Inc.'s COO, saw her pay roughly double to $633,534 during the same period; NFLPA executive director Gene Upshaw received salary and bonuses totaling $6.7 million, making him the highest-paid union chief in sports, according to a July 9 article in SportsBusiness Journal.
- 8/1/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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