<p>Secret salary caps. Accidental email attachments. Truth-serum texts from owners. Slide decks for ESPN. If anyone knows how to dork-out on billionaires taking your money — and documenting their greed — it's the former NFL Players Association boss who negotiated $100 billion for athletes... and sued the sh*t out of The Shield. With his union now plagued by scandal — and America as unregulated as ever — De Smith enters the studio in Gladiator Mode.</p><br><p><br></p><p>• Read <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735685/turf-wars-by-demaurice-smith/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"Turf Wars"</a> by DeMaurice Smith</p><br><p><br></p><p>Previously on PTFO:</p><br><p>• Part I: <a href="https://pod.link/1685093486/episode/OTUzMzJiMTItODRkZC0xMWYwLWFjNDUtN2I3OGMwY2IwMGRl" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The NFL's Secret Collusion Case, Revealed</a></p><br><p>• Part II: <a href="https://pod.link/1685093486/episode/OTUzMjFjNjgtODRkZC0xMWYwLWFjNDUtODcwNGEwMDY3MDgw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">We Sparked an NFL Union Crisis. Here's the Sequel.</a></p><br><p>• Part III: <a href="https://pod.link/1685093486/episode/OTUzMzUyNzItODRkZC0xMWYwLWFjNDUtY2IzYmEzNzJkZjkw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">We Followed the Money in the NFL Union Scandal. So Did the FBI.</a></p><br><p>• Part IV: <a href="https://pod.link/1685093486/episode/OTUyOTYzNjYtODRkZC0xMWYwLWFjNDUtYmY2MjE1Y2U4MDUw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">We Investigated the Hollywood Cover-Up the NFLPA Ignored</a>&nbsp;</p><br><p>• Part V: <a href="https://pod.link/1685093486/episode/NjliODRhZjY0MjY2YzliMWM3ODc1NTM2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Silenced Top Cop and the Cabal of "Strip-Club Dreams"</a></p><br><p>• Plus: <a href="https://pod.link/1685093486/episode/NjljMWFkZmYyMjdkNGVmNGExZmRlNGVk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The State of the (NFL) Union, with Mike Florio</a></p><br><p>• The Sporting Class: <a href="https://pod.link/1685093486/episode/NjljNWIxODZiMjQ3YmEwZjE4ZmJmN2Q4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Are NFL Players Ready to Strike?</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>