The League Author:David Harris A startling account of the behind-the-scenes workings of the National Football League, its 28-member teams and their flamboyant and controversial owners. David Harris documents the tangled process by which the once united NFL has been fragmented by greed, egotism and conflict. — Library Journal — Rather than an upbeat playing history of the Nation... more »al Football League, New York Times writer Harris gives a sober, heavily detailed study of the League's business, labor, and legal dealings. The early years of Commissioner Pete Rozelle's tenure saw unlimited success, particularly after the 1970 merger with the American Football League. Soon, however, the NFL and Rozelle were beset with strikes, lawsuits, unsanctioned franchise moves, and the new rival, the U.S. Football League. Crowning blows were declining TV audience and the all-out Rozelle-Al Davis war. Harris gives revealing, often scathing profiles of principal actors in this valuable addition to college and comprehensive public library sports collections. Morey Berger, Monmouth Cty. Lib., Freehold, N.J.« less