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The case of Wheeler of the Wheels is not unique in the W.F.L. With the exception of thriving franchises in Birmingham and Memphis and solvent operations in Hawaii and Chicago, the fledgling league is reeling. Jacksonville, like Detroit, has gone out of business. The New York franchise has moved to...
Three weeks ago the team's situation became unsalvageable. With a 1-13 record, paid attendance averaging 7,500, compared with 50,000 paying to see the Lions, and a stack of unpaid bills, the franchise went bust. Not surprisingly, the players were furious. "I'd like to...
Everyone feels that he has a stake in the team. The Packers are, in fact, the only community-owned team in pro football. (Packer stock was sold at $25 a share 25 years ago, when the club was nearly bankrupt.) Green Bay (pop. 90,000) is also the smallest city...
With the seemingly endless, mindless expansion and dilution of professional sports, with a pro franchise in almost every city in the country, Harvard athletes now stand a much better chance than they have in past years of making it in the big time. In football, for instance, only John Dockery...
The disclosures not only smudged the league's credibility but helped obscure signs of genuine fan support. Football enthusiasts in Birmingham, Ala., who tried unsuccessfully for eight years to land an N.F.L. franchise, have braved bad weather to greet the Birmingham Americans with an average paid attendance of 43...