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NFL Football

A History of America's New National Pastime
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A multi-billion-dollar entertainment empire, the National Football League is a coast-to-coast obsession that borders on religion and dominates our sports-mad culture. But today's NFL also provides a stage for playing out important issues roiling American society.
 
The updated and expanded edition of NFL Football observes the league's centennial by following the NFL into the twenty-first century, where off-the-field concerns compete with touchdowns and goal line stands for headlines. Richard Crepeau delves into the history of the league and breaks down the new era with an in-depth look at the controversies and dramas swirling around pro football today:
  • Tensions between players and Commissioner Roger Goodell over collusion, drug policies, and revenue;
  • The firestorm surrounding Colin Kaepernick and protests of police violence and inequality;
  • Andrew Luck and others choosing early retirement over the threat to their long-term health;
  • Paul Tagliabue's role in covering up information on concussions;
  • The Super Bowl's evolution into a national holiday.
 Authoritative and up to the minute, NFL Football continues the epic American success story.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I The Formative Years
1 The First Pros
2 Depression and War
3 The NFL Comes of Age
II The Rozelle Era
4 Moving to Center Stage
5 A Troubled Decade
6 The Perfect TV Game
7 The Cartel
8 Unraveling
9 Labor Conflict
III The New NFL
10 A New Era
11 New Challenges
12 The Money Tree
13 Super Sunday
Postscript
Appendix A: NFL Franchises
Appendix B: The NFL 100 All-Time Team
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Praise for the previous edition of NFL Football:
“[Crepeau] has brought together from a great many sources the information necessary to anyone who wants to understand the origins and the workings of the powerful and profitable entertainment vehicle the NFL has become.”
--Bill Littlefield, NPR’s Only a Game
 
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