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Irregular commentary on whatever's on my mind -- politics, sports, current events, and life in general. After twenty years of writing business and community newsletters, fifteen years of fantasy baseball newsletters, and two years of email "columns", this is, I suppose, the inevitable result: the awful conceit that someone might actually care to read what I have to say. Posts may be added often, rarely, or never again. As always, my mood and motivation are unpredictable.

Buster Gammons















Thursday, September 18, 2014

A Brief History of NFL Worries


It ain't easy being the NFL . . . lots of things to worry about:


1933 NFL Championship.
Lots of empty seats
Not enough fans or money.












Kenny Washington,
NFL's first black player, 1946.
Black players.











Competition from other pro leagues -- All American Conference, AFL, WFL, USFL.


1946 AAFC Championship

AFL, 1960-1969
WFL, 1974-1975





USFL, 1983-1985


Gambling -- Alex Karas and Paul Hornung were suspended for the entire 1963 season for betting on NFL football games.




















Tony Mandarich, 1989
Steroids.





















Over 4500 former players sued the
league for compensation for
concussion-related injuries.
Concussions and head trauma.












Michael Sam
Gay players.











And now -- Wife beaters and child abusers!!!
Ray Rice
Adrian Peterson's 4 year-old son

Hey, Commissioner Roger Goodell, what do you have to say?




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