At least I'm going into the job with clean hands.

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Every franchise of both leagues will remain in its present location.

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The most difficult owner for me was the late George Marshall of Washington.

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There are a lot more TV sets in use on Monday night than on Sunday afternoon.

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But I haven't met a player or a coach whose goal isn't to win the Super Bowl.

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In fact, an awful lot of N.F.L. club owners have practically no influence on their players at all, simply because they're not full-time working owners.

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Rather than saying that the commissioner is hired by the owners and therefore is subservient to them, you have to look at whether or not the players are getting a fair shake.

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Squabbling in public will eventually ruin football; there's no doubt it's hurting us already. Polls taken by Louis Harris - polls as valid as any political polls - indicate that very clearly.

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Pro football was taking off when I became commissioner, and when a sport's successful and you're its chief executive officer, much of the credit flows to you and you develop a good track record.

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Considering what Americans have been confronted with in the last ten years, domestically and internationally, it's clear that we need emotional outlets; we have to have some peace from our problems.

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