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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Creapeau's book examines the NFL as a business and a cultural phenomenon. It succeeds on both accounts. Anyone looking for a short overview of the NFL's meteoric rise to America's national pastime should begin with Crepeau's book." --
Journal of Sport History"The updates to this new edition of
NFL Football have made Richard C. Crepeau's already crucial book even more vital to those of us interested in the history of America’s most popular and problematic sports organization." --Travis Vogan, author of
ESPN: The Making of a Sports Media Empire 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 GameTable of ContentsAcknowledgments
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
