Article: SUPER BOWL XLIII Players favor Vincent Bid to head union supported in poll

Tampa, Fla. -- Troy Vincent, an All-American cornerback at the University of Wisconsin and five-time Pro Bowl selection for four National Football League teams, gained the overwhelming support Thursday from veteran players on the two Super Bowl teams in his bid to become executive director of the NFL Players Association.

Vincent and former Pro Bowl defensive end Trace Armstrong, another past president of the union, are regarded as clear frontrunners among the five candidates still being considered to succeed Gene Upshaw.

Thirty-two player representatives, one from each club, will question and evaluate three finalists March 13-15 in Maui before electing the next union chief by simple majority ...

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