microbrew
19 Jan 2003, 02:48 AM
"The NFL Machine[:] Behind a thrilling season is a hard-nosed business run with military precision"
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_04/b3817001.htm
It's the January 27th's cover story for BusinessWeek.
"We're 32 fat-cat Republicans who vote socialist," Baltimore Ravens owner Art Modell quipped recently. It doesn't hurt that players have agreed to a hard cap on salaries and few guarantees. "I don't see this as us vs. the owners, but instead it's us vs. all the other entertainment choices out there: the movies, music, theater," says Gene Upshaw, the former Oakland Raider and Hall of Famer who represents 2,000 players as executive director of the NFL Players Assn.
Another interested point was made by Gene Upshaw- the NFL lets the Plyers Assn. audit the books.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_04/b3817001.htm
It's the January 27th's cover story for BusinessWeek.
"We're 32 fat-cat Republicans who vote socialist," Baltimore Ravens owner Art Modell quipped recently. It doesn't hurt that players have agreed to a hard cap on salaries and few guarantees. "I don't see this as us vs. the owners, but instead it's us vs. all the other entertainment choices out there: the movies, music, theater," says Gene Upshaw, the former Oakland Raider and Hall of Famer who represents 2,000 players as executive director of the NFL Players Assn.
Another interested point was made by Gene Upshaw- the NFL lets the Plyers Assn. audit the books.