It can now officially be called a bad week for NFLPA Executive Director Gene Upshaw.

A day after word broke of an effort to oust Upshaw, the simmering issue regarding the union’s and the league’s treatment of injured players from days gone by has moved back toWARD the front burner.

According to the Washington Post, two members of the House Judiciary Committee released a 144-page report regarding the issue, which resulted in a hearing last summer on Capitol Hill. 

“This report clearly demonstrates that the NFL and NFLPA need to make serious efforts to collect data on player injuries and eliminate the conflict of interest by team doctors who place the financial interests of their teams ahead of players’ health,” said Linda T. Sánchez (D-Cal.) in a statement.

Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) has threatened to hold more hearings on the matter and, if necessary, to introduce legislation aimed at fixing the problem(s).

For Upshaw, the report surely will give those who hope to knock him out of his position even more ammunition.  Though it’s believed in some circles that the number of players who want to dump Upshaw is small, this is the kind of thing that can attract more recruits to the cause.

And if PFT Planet had a say in the matter, Upshaw would be long gone.  As of this posting, 59 percent of those responding to our poll think the time has come to make a change.  Only six percent have said “no.”