Word: nfl
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...When she took over the Los Angeles Rams in 1979 after the death of her husband, many scoffed at the notion of a woman in charge. So at her first press conference, Georgia Frontiere, the NFL's first female team owner, lashed out at those who "feel there are two different types of people: human beings and women." The team went to the 1980 Super Bowl, losing to Pittsburgh. In 1995, Frontiere enraged fans in California, where the Rams had been based for 50 years, by moving them to her hometown of St. Louis, Mo. The team went...
...watch the NFL every single Sunday, and if you don't think those players running up and down that field have utilized steroids, you're lying. And if you're lying, that means you can accept it in one sport but not in another. The truth is, we're not going to spend $50 for a ticket to go see our neighbor play baseball. The truth is we want these [athletes] to be what they are. We don't want them to ever miss a game. We want them to play superhumanly. Then, we complain when they do what they...
...just a game,” high school coaches wouldn’t pressure their players to get back in the game after concussions, and NFL players wouldn’t hobble off the field, only to get a cortisone shot so they can come back without feeling any pain. If it was “just a game,” then minor league kids wouldn’t feel forced to turn to performance enhancing drugs to keep up with their peers and get a shot at the big time. If it was “just...
...NFL could hardly use more strife this season. This summer the league had to hold a "concussion summit" to tackle the growing problem of career-shortening brain injuries suffered on the football field. Older retired players, broken and broke, clamored for better disability benefits, portraying the league, its rich young players and their union as greedy. Bad player behavior--Adam (Pacman) Jones' involvement in a strip-club shooting, Vick's ties to a dogfighting ring--forced commissioner Roger Goodell to enforce unprecedented penalties for off-field incidents. Then there were tragedies: Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was murdered early...
...along come the cheating Patriots. The NFL must be ruing this, right? Wrong. Very wrong. "I've got to tell you, there's no one in the NFL sad about New England's issues," says Marc Ganis, president of Sportcorp, a marketing firm that has consulted for the league. "A team that is exceptional and that has controversy surrounding it offers the best possible situation...