"If young players are forced to forego an entire season, they will miss out on a year of the experience and exposure that comes from playing against NFLlevel competition and receiving NFLlevel coaching, both of which are a must for young players," Berthelsen wrote. District Judge David Doty, who has overseen NFL labor matters since the early 1990s and has several times ruled in favor of the players. District judge Patrick Schiltz, though it still could end up in front of Doty."I think his whole career wasn't fair," said Gore, who was taken by the 49ers in the third round, 65th overall, in Smith's 2005 draft class. "He had different (offensive) coordinators every year. Now he's got some coaches in here who he believes in and they've done a great job with us.

"Our guys are hungry. This is an opportunity for 10 wins for this ball club and to potentially be ranked in the top 15 in the country. That's an unbelievable foundation of success that this