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Rozelle Rule. In an antitrust suit brought against the league and the New England Patriots by ex-Quarterback Joe Kapp, Judge Sweigert declared that the so-called Rozelle rule and part of the league's draft procedure are "patently unreasonable" and therefore illegal...
Should Judge Sweigert be sustained on appeal, more athletes are likely to make more money, but the top gainer stands to be Kapp. He has been an exile from pro football since 1971, when Rozelle banned him from the league for refusing to sign a standard player's contract. He then brought suit contending he was being denied the right to practice his profession. His case must now go to trial to determine damages. If his lawyers can collect even half of what they are claiming, Kapp could hit the N.F.L. for $5 million...
First, there was the case of Joe Kapp, the veteran quarterback whom the Patriots signed for a reported $130,000 last year to help change the team's losing ways. Kapp not only failed (the hapless Pats' record of two wins and twelve tosses was the worst in the National Football League), but when training camp opened last month, he pronounced himself unhappy with his contract and left the team. Meanwhile, Defensive End Phil Olsen, the team's No. I draft choice last year, announced that he had discovered a loophole in his contract; he quit...
...Cardinais' MacArthur Lane took advantage of the brittle Boston defense as he scored three of his team's touchdowns. Meanwhile, Patriot quarterback Joe Kapp completed 14 of 31 passes before being removed in the third quarter...
Meanwhile back in Minneapolis, the Vikings were showing the effects of Kapp's permanent departure as they handed the once-proud Dallas Cowboys their worst defeat ever...