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...income, gate receipts, very soon. The irony is that Montreal was at the top of the NL East, yet they couldn't fill Olympic Stadium. The answer is simple; move the team south where people care. A serious profit-sharing initiative, such as those in place in both the NFL and NBA, will have to be implemented to save small market clubs...
Baseball players may be dipping into their considerable savings to squeak through the strike, but the football strikers of 1987 are suddenly cashing in. The National Labor Relations Board decided that 1,300 NFL players should get their share of back pay while they were unlawfully barred from play during that season -- to the tune of $30 million...
...best players in league history last season by rushing for 1,731 yards (second in the nation) and scoring 21 touchdowns. In addition to Elias, the team lost virtually everyone at the skill positions and half of its offensive line. Senior tackle Carl Teter, an NFL prospect, is a big exception...
...fast, or experienced or graceful, but they have performed credibly so far. It goes without saying that they've also made it into their share of promotional campaigns. It's fitting that these athletes, who have devoted as much of their lives to sport as any professionals from the NFL, NHL, NBA, NL or AL, are reaping some of the same benefits. Of course, I still have only a vague understanding of how people manage to earn millions of dollars for kicking a ball...
Tobin responded by saying that because he was from Baltimore, Kiper had some kind of bias against the NFL Colts. (Now why would he suppose a thing like that...