NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith will not attend mediation
National Football League Players Association Executive Director, DeMaurice Smith will not be attending a court-mandated mediation session on April 19, 2011, due to a family emergency, according to an NFLPA spokesman.
DeMaurice Smith was elected Sunday as the new executive director of the NFL Players Association, succeeding the late Gene Upshaw and challenged with leading the union into a critical new era.