TY  - GEN
T1  - NFL football : a history of America's new national pastime
T2  - Sport and society.
A1  - Crepeau, Richard C., 1941-
LA  - English
PP  - Urbana
PB  - University of Illinois Press
YR  - 2020
ED  - NFL Centennial edition.
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1140358335
AB  - "This wide-ranging history synthesizes scholarship and media sources to give the reader an inside view of the television contracts, labor issues, and other off-the-field forces that shaped the National Football League. Historian Richard C. Crepeau shows how Commissioner Pete Rozelle's steady leadership guided the league's explosive growth during the era of Monday Night Football and the Super Bowl's transformation into a mid-winter spectacle. Crepeau also delves into the league's masterful exploitation of media from radio to the internet, its ability to get taxpayers to subsidize team stadiums, and its success in delivering an outlet for experiencing vicarious violence to a public uneasy over the changing rules of masculinity. In this new edition to mark the 100th anniversary of the NFL, Crepeau takes the narrative well into the 21st century. He investigates the intense debate and emotion surrounding Colin Kaepernick, reconsiders Paul Tagliabue's time as commissioner and his role in covering up early information on concussions, and expands his coverage of Roger Goodell emphasizing his relationship with the players"--
OP  - 298
CN  - GV955.5.N35 C74 2020
SN  - 9780252052460
SN  - 0252052463
SN  - 9780252043581
SN  - 9780252085505
KW  - National Football League : History.
KW  - National Football League
KW  - Football : United States : History.
KW  - SPORTS & RECREATION / General
KW  - Football
KW  - United States
KW  - History
ER  -