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...Chrysler worker can be replaced and no one will notice or care. But a Terry Bradshaw, a James Jefferson or even a Tim Fox are more marketable and valuable commodities. So, whe NFLPA players' representative Ed Garvey suggests that NFL football players are, indeed entertainers and are similar to personalities like Frank Sinatra, he has made a valuable point...
...National Football League's players are on strike. NBC plans to appease football enthusiasts everywhere, however, with its presentation of a Canadian Football League doubleheader featuring well-known personalities from the 11th round of the NFL college draft. And since the CFL doesn't play on Mondays (people are still wondering if the CFL really plays at all), rumor has it that ABC will instead feature back-to-back action-packed episodes of "Wild Kingdom" and "In Search...
...face it. Football has America where it wants it. And for this reason, the NFL Player's Association (NFLPA) may well reach its goals at the end of the strike where the baseball bargainers failed to meet their objectives. In addition, football players--as well as baseball players--have special skills which--because of the immense popularity of their sport--put them in a secure negotiating position. This Sunday, we are not going to want to watch the third-rate CFL. We crave stars whose names we recognize...
...threat of a lengthy strike looms, the players are attempting to organize their own football league, composed of six all-star teams (one representing each NFL division). The labor force of the NFL wants control over its organization and its own services. At least, that's the threat...
Despite the reddish hue to this set of circumstances, we have no right to scorn the players in the NFL. If you were the only one in North America who could make an automobile, wouldn't you ask for millions, also? But the fact is, lots of people can help manufacture a car. Very few can stop a driving George Rodgers...