Mark Maske

There was some interesting information presented, especially in semiprivate NFL dealings that most of us average joes never hear about, but like others said in reviews, there is wayyyyy to much time spent on owner negotiations and meetings and labor disputes and not enough on the side of the NFL we really care about (the football). I found myself skimming or even skipping entire paragraphs or half pages and don't feel like I missed anything important. The premise was there and had it been executed better, it could have been dynamite, instead, it was more sparkler.… (meer)

One of the better books on pro football that I've read. While it's true, little of the information is new to those who followed the NFC during the 2006 season, it's still a great read for the memories and the little stuff. I like how it bounced back and forth between individual team issues at particular times i.e. the draft, free agency, particular games on their schedule to whole league issues -- the labour agreement and revenue sharing.

It allowed the reader to get into the season without getting bogged down in too many detauls that would made it too dense of a read. I like the discussion of the salary cap -- especially how the players' salaries are counted against the cap and how there is wiggle room within the cap to make moves. Interesting to see Parcells' take on TO and Vanderjagt - yes the author didn't like Dallas but with Dallas playing at the Meadowlands, I got *my* Parcells from the days of him here with LT, Simms, etc.

Interesting to see how frequently some of these issues come up and now a year + into Goodell's tenure as commissioner and with the recent death of Upshaw.… (meer)