Wellington Mara
Wellington Mara died yesterday. I'd like to think that the last thing he was thinking of was the dramatic comeback victory his Giants pulled off on Sunday evening.The New York Times obituary contains a wonderful profile of the man, but my favorite part was this:
[Mara] played a role in the early 1960's in the N.F.L.'s first national television contract in which teams shared equally in revenue, whatever the size of their market, an arrangement that brought long-term prosperity to the league. Pete Rozelle, the commissioner at the time, once recalled how the Giants were getting $175,000 from CBS under the previous contract - the highest payout to any team - while the Green Bay Packers were getting $35,000. "Well argued that the N.F.L. was only as strong as its weakest link, that Green Bay should receive as much money as any of the other teams," Rozelle said.Every baseball team owner in America should read those words.
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