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A history of NFL leadership

Journal - 09/02/2019
From 1920 to 1941, three men served as NFL president: Jim Thorpe, Joe Carr and Carl Storck. Then in 1940, the league attempted to bring all professional football under the authority of a single executive, which would evolve into the modern-day commissioner.    ...

Sitting down with the commissioner

Journal - 09/02/2019
Now entering his 14th season as the most powerful man in football, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reminisced about his painful but nevertheless fond memories of Super Bowl III, his tumultuous time as commissioner and the league's future in media, social justice and global expansion. ...

100 people who grew the NFL's business

Journal - 09/02/2019
Sports Business Journal spoke with multiple people close to the NFL, its teams and the business of football  to come up with our 100 people who greatly influenced the business of the league in the first 100 seasons. We are not saying...

Families pass down love of NFL for generations

Journal - 09/02/2019
For team owners, coaches, players, sponsors, broadcasters and everyone else who makes a living  from the NFL ecosystem, the importance of loyal fans is a given. They made the league the financial juggernaut  and cultural institution it is today. Sports Business Journal, with the help of the...

Century of ups and downs offers lessons for today

Journal - 09/02/2019
On Sept. 17, 1920, 15 football pioneers representing 10 pro teams gathered in Canton, Ohio, with the intent of organizing a pro football league. The result was the formation of the American Professional Football Association, which two years later was renamed the National Football League. Though proud of their accomplishment that...
Quote Of the day

I think our fans would like more, and we're probably in that same boat, but we're working with the powers that be with the league and all that stuff to get to where we could get.

-- Texans owner Cal McNair, on the team wanting to use more "H-Town Blue" in their new uniforms but being limited by the NFL and the Titans. HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 4/23.
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