Talk:Bert Bell/to do

DCN = double-check needed CN = citation needed

; Pre-commissioner: I am just filling a history of his pre-commissioner days. Then I am going to stop editing and continue reading his biography. 66.234.33.8 (talk) 18:15, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

This term is different than the profitable teams. It took me awhile but the Redskins, apparently, had strong financial resources but they were not a profitable franchise. IOW, Marshall was rich. 66.234.33.8 (talk) 00:33, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Teams with strongest financial resource:

I became completely confused by all of this and it took me awhile to figure out what happened. But what I had to do was to provide inline citations for how things went down chronologically. So, I think, providing inline citations made it more difficult for me to provide a more simpler grammar free way to explain what happened in the body of the article.
 * eagles/steelers trading franchise stuff:

revenue sharing
The concept of revenue sharing Bell created. But Rozelle made it the system it is today back in 1961. 66.234.33.8 (talk) 21:30, 13 April 2011 (UTC) The further reading link from philly.com will be used as a necessary duplicate citation to Bell saving the Packers because the other source, Coenen, is admittedly biased. TV section needs work.
 * 1) bill veeck was the first in 1952, cubs or white sox owner

General

 * 1) get Outside the Lines up and use it as a source
 * 2) Match up grammar of sentences to inline citations and make sure its from the right book
 * 3) Bring in Pro Football Encyclopedia or Total football for single source of team records
 * 4) No source has explicitly analyzed it to the point but the LA Coliseum attendance was blowing the doors off the rest of the NFL in the 1940s not important
 * 5) ensure article is self-sufficient w respect to injury report, reserve and option clause, territorial rights
 * 6) book on Tim Mara - became bookie in 1922 at belmont GONY - p.24
 * 7) book on GPM - The Redskins Encyclopedia
 * 8) book on Charles Bidwill no book exiss
 * 9) 60-40% explained it was a flat 5,000 ruck p 194
 * 10) unanimous vote for franchise explained - Coenen
 * 11) 75% majority to change league constitution explained - Coenen
 * 12) executive meeting explained
 * 13) there is another kind of biography of Bell somewhere no he just did the foreword
 * 14) Cite check|date=
 * 15) end hobby ownership p. 28 Inside Pro football
 * 16) Jan 29, 1954 he got a 12 year contract - p. 16 Joe King, is that when he got raise to 50k a year?
 * 17) big stadiums - giants to yankee in 56, steelers to u of pitt and eagles to u of penn in 58 p. 17-18 joe king
 * 18) territorial rights - can't come into "area" and play on same day - 135 Willis
 * 19) reserve clause - 137 willis
 * 20) find out his first name, go to primary sources - Congress done
 * 21) bring in Bert Bell retirement plan in 1962 - find better source NEED RETIREMENT PLAN
 * 22) teams dates and owners that entered the league no leave that to history of nfl
 * 23) how much each franchise was bought for until 1960
 * 24) still unclear on when each network got involved
 * 25) and also the b.s. book by the NFL says he graduated from Penn
 * 26) DOUBLE-CHECK Ross, Ross, if memory serves me right, writes Kemp went back to graduate. He did not. He want back to become an assistant coach.
 * 27) Brown also writes the AAFC gave Topping some choice players

Penn

 * 1) narrow down who coached what and when done
 * 2) find out number of games he started and his win loss record not possible, ignore
 * 3) bring in Lud Wray as his teammate no
 * 4) bring in Franklin Field as oldest football stadium in U.S.? - its in Encyclopedia no, ignore
 * 5) bert's dad was trustee or trustee for life and the football team wanted him to be removed as A.D. - CN (citation needed)

Semi-pro

 * 1) find out game he played against Thorpe, on what team
 * 2) MacCambridge 2009 looks to have corrected himself and should show him not graduating - DCN

Philadelphia eagles (1933-1940)

 * 1) citation missing for de facto segregation
 * 2) need last person's name dropped before 1934 season  Ray Kemp of the Pirates and Joe Lillard of the Cardinals were the last to play on December 3, 1933 Gridiron Gauntlet p. 2-3, black player would be absent on 1934 rosters and for 11 seasons after that p. 2
 * 3) need encyclopedia of eagles or whatever its called
 * 4) re the draft: there was a league rule as early as 1934 that said all players had to be graduates, which the Pirates broke in 1934 Pigskin p. 113 in 1926 the NFL created a rule no one could play in the NFL until their class had graduated GONY - p. 39 no, that belongs in Joe Carr article
 * 5) 1st paragraph checked for citations matching sentences, stay away from introducing super bowl there
 * 6) Eagles moved to Municipal Stadium in what year p. 21 Joe king no, eagles section has enough off topic stuff already

Pittsburgh Steelers (1940-1945)

 * 1) find history of Steelers of find out what Bert actually did there he did nothing, but more than Rooney
 * 2) Rooney worried about steelers going bankrupt in 1945 was either rathet, sullivan, claasen, Daley, Ratterman, or one of reference books on south side done
 * 3) all hell breaking loose was also in one of those books - i think it was in rathet's book got 1 source - probably a 2nd

Steagles - Algeo (closed out)

 * 1) another differing account of Pennsylvania polka, Algeo p. 16 - 18
 * 2) bell creates war time job prerequisite for Steagles p. 27 - 28
 * 3) another account of which team wanted to play which team p. 31
 * 4) bell creates offensive and defensive coordinators created for 1st time in nfl p. 81-82
 * 5) tv networks want better night game lighting in 1956 p. 114
 * 6) Steagles a box office smash
 * 7) trivia (tie games not count to 72 p. 156, nflpa recognized 68 p. 150-151, Kilroy in Life magazine in 1940's MEAN)

60-40 split or what?

 * 1) 60-40 split Yost p. 66 is really for 1952.
 * 2) Willis p. 164 lists it 60-40 of gross - 15% of rental cost
 * 3) MacCambridge p. 39 60-40 split after allowing for rental cost
 * 4) Lyons p. 147 its a 60-40 split in 1949
 * 5) RUCK p. 194 In 1941, Rooney argues it should be a 60-40 split instead of 5,000 flat fee
 * 6) Halas/Davis nothing
 * 7) Algeo nothing
 * 8) RUCK p. 276 it goes to 60-40 split after 1946 season
 * 9) NEW - 60-40 split "exists to this today" - probably yost oversimplifying,
 * splitting of gate is not for encyc version, only good for stories about rainy games, etc.

definition of what an nfl commissioner actually does or is supposed to do

 * role of commissioner/president under Carr
 * 1) enhance popularity of the league - media - gold ticket was first handled to FDR in 1939, see GPM wife book
 * 2) ensures franchises follow rules - college eligibility, territorial rights, gambling
 * 3) expansion committee
 * 4) rules committee
 * 5) franchise disputes - schedule - all home teams wanted most popular opponents to visit (bears)
 * 6) Carr fends off that other league
 * 7) Carr weeds out the weak
 * 8) manages semipro leagues - though not explained - that's why Radovich could not get a job


 * role of commissioner under Layden
 * 1) enhance popularity of the league - figurehead
 * 2) franchise disputes - schedule - poor - GPM/bell want home games, financial incentive to keep the nfl operating
 * 3) explain what czar of the nfl means - deals with semi-pro teams the AAFC was a failure as czar


 * role of commissioner under bell
 * 1) enhance popularity of the league - media - all new: fights, cheap play, referees, sudden death overtime
 * 2) ensures franchises follow rules - college eligibility, territorial rights, gambling
 * 3) expansion committee - bell bs's congress
 * 4) rules committee
 * 5) franchise disputes - schedule - moved from mediate to arbitrate, others - crying ??
 * 6) abets teams to be non-competitive off the field to be competitive on the field
 * 7) czar of the nfl, CFL, semi-pro teams disappear
 * 8) weeds out the week - thanks to GPM - Baltimore Colts first go round
 * 9) Bell only wanted football type only owners, did it became football first and football only?
 * 10) The overall role of the commissioner was to provide a core set of teams that were financially sound and numerically significant enough to enhance the NFL's popularity.

Reintegration

 * 1) Peterson p. 170 calls strode and or Washington liars
 * 2) check Ross for source

Filchock-Hapes gambling scandal

 * 1) cleanup the italicized words, explain injury report in footnotes or in body
 * 2) make sentences fit citations
 * 3) what a freaking disaster, Peterson begins calling Hapes, Merle Mapes on page 159 dealt with

AAFC-NFL merger (1946-1949)

 * 1) get Tim Mara in there as objecting to it as late as 1948 - its in Lyon's book somewhere no don't here
 * 2) Littlewood pg. 170 AAFC approaches nfl early 1940

NFLPA
FORGET ALL the authors, go straight to the supreme court case. all the authors are totally screwy. Lyons was like, oh, he came from enlistment to the AAFC. one of the other authors is...oh, he played for five years for the lions then went to the AAFC and does not mention military service...
 * 1) bring in his brother as moving to penn supreme court at such and such a year
 * 2) bring in his brother advising him on the Radovich case
 * 3) bring in the emotional duress bell suffered as a result of this case...this seems to be the most difficult part of his life

NFL team scheduling (1948-1952)
this appears to be closed out
 * 1) background
 * 2) when he took over
 * 3) why he chose schedule the way he did
 * 4) his son's reaction
 * 5) when he ceased stopped creating the schedules for entire league

Television era (1939, 1949-1958)

 * 1) first ever
 * 2) tv sets in x year, find suitable jumping off point
 * 3) halas the visionary - follows Wrigley, number of stations
 * 4) 1949 Chicago championship game
 * 5) LA rams attendance
 * 6) blackouts and it came from Halas
 * 7) show baseball's incompetence??
 * 8) saves Green Bay ???
 * 9) first ever radio same page but writer does not put it in context, appears to be first nationwide radio broadcast, the 1934 thanksgiving game between Chicago and Detroit was held on 94 stations Peterson p. 123. 1st nationwide radio 1940 champ game peter 127, probably matches the other guy too not important for this
 * 10) [American Needle vs. NFLP an unincorporated association called the NFL]
 * 11) NFL Encyclopedia 1982 Tom Bennett
 * 12) History of Pro Football 1963 Harold Claassen
 * 13) coax had not crossed the Rockies as late as labor day 1950 - Lyons p. 170
 * 14) spent over 200k on blackout lawsuit p. 30 joe king
 * 15) tv timeouts introduced in 1958, in powers
 * 16) Coenen 3% - 8% needs reevaluation
 * 17) joe Labrum was an assistant nfl commissioner as late as 196 p. 196 Danzig
 * Bergmann, Ted; with Skutch, Ira (2002). The DuMont Television Network: What Happened?. Lanham, MD:Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-4270-X
 * Hess, Gary Newton (1979). An Historical Study of the DuMont Television Network. New York:Ayer Publishers. -microform
 * Weinstein, David (2004). The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television. Philadelphia:Temple University Press. ISBN 1-59213-245-6

Sources to look at

 * Staudohar, Paul D. The Sports Industry and Collective Bargaining JLE 86-3645 IMPORTANT
 * Herskowitz, Mickey. The Golden Age of Football. JFF 91-828
 * Tarret, William S. Timetables of Sports History. JFF 97-2333
 * Carrol, John M. Red Grange and the Rise of Modern Football.
 * U.S. Congress. Telecasting of Professional Sports Contests. JLE 88-2874
 * U.S. Congress. Blackout of Sporting Events on Television. JLE 76-693
 * Berry, Robert C. Labor Relations in Professional Sports. JLE 88-2874 IMPORTANT
 * PB, the Paul Brown story Paul Brown JFE 80-3346
 * The Gray Flannel Pigskin William Henry Paul JFD 75-1926 triple-check
 * Saturday Evening Post December 12, 1936 George Dunscomb "$6,000 for a touchdown: George halas of the Chicago bears tells of costs of running a pro team
 * Bob Gill on semi-pro teams IMPORTANT
 * Current Biography Yearbook, 1950 IMPORTANT
 * NYT Magazine, November 23, 1958
 * Roone Arledge IMPORTANT
 * Saturday evening post December 3rd, 1955
 * Becker, Carl M. (2001). Home and away : the rise and fall of professional football on the banks of the Ohio, 1919-1934.
 * Whittingham, all books
 * Encyclopedia's Note: The regular season records of the teams since their inception and the number of the seasons they played in the NFL were, respectively, Bears, -, Cardinals, - , Dodgers, - , Eagles, - , Giants, - , Lions, - , Packers, - , Pirates, - , Redskins, - ,

??????? not covering, article is too big
 * Baltimore Colts

NFLPA (1946?, 1955?6)

 * 1) background of why congress got involved in antitrust done 2 sources, yay
 * 2) define reserve cause moved to different Wikipedia article
 * 3) define option cause moved to different Wikipedia article
 * 4) explain that the draft which was monopolistic was in danger and it was more important than a union
 * 5) show owners who were against union, halas and marshall
 * 6) I would much rather get some kind of book on the "history of labor movements in the united states" involved here.

personal life

 * 1) he spent all his money on his teams</s?
 * 2) he could not afford to buy a home until such a such a year
 * 3) his wife was devout catholic
 * 4) she made him quit drinking not important in this, maybe could for his wife's article
 * 5) he worked the phones at his home non stop, worked 18 hours a day ....reevaluate..looks good anecdotal stuff
 * 6) Tim Mara died
 * 7) he had heart attack
 * 8) he converted to Catholicism and his daughter said it was because of his wife, and or Rooney
 * 9) spoke with Rooney nearly every day - new 8/15/2001..maybe good to include
 * 10) he was parochial with respect to Philadelphia - he kept offices in philly he teased Rooney about crowd size
 * 11) 2 instances of him saying if there is any place he would like to die that it would be at a ball game
 * 12) in process of buying eagles
 * 13) change section title from family life and death to personal life and death ?
 * 14) son on possible perception of racism, Tunnell, and he goes to hall of fame Pervin p. 25
 * 15) daughter...games...impartial..producer
 * 16) his sons' careers...their views on commercialism of the nfl...

Legacy and honors

 * 1) is NFL introducing revenue sharing in 1962 really part of his legacy?
 * 2) the NFL draft's implementation did not show immediate results -get other source, cleanup grammar
 * 3) transition better to on any given Sunday
 * 4) bring in Bert Jr. worked for the NFL
 * 5) he was afraid of flying - Herskowitz
 * 6) one of his sons quits over the commercialization of the super bowl

Salary and length
This is covered 1957 hearings before congress. A total of 4 raises. By CH, he had 12 year contract.
 * 1) start
 * 2) after filchock
 * 3) 1947
 * 4) 1948
 * 5) 1949
 * 6) 1950
 * 7) 1951 January 22, increased from $30,000 to $40,000 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A0QKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2EoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6517,975049&dq=bert+bell&hl=en

violence of the nfl
valid subsection? still an extremely controversial topic today no, can stick it in television era

controversy over officiating
valid topic? WOULD be a nice tie in with shorty and Layden, still a controversial topic today no, put in television era

Definitions required
General manager President Executive Committee Rules Committee Expansion Committee got all in by-laws of constitution bookmarked

Bert's Personality

 * hated to fly
 * Charles, art, and bert used to sit back, watch, and laugh as GPM and Tim fought - Tim just liked to fight - DeVito p. 93


 * 1) no author really adequately explains how unselfish Bell was. Since no author says it then I can not say it, but I can provide an example of it and let the reader know that the owners became multimillionaires and Bell could not buy his own home until the early '50s.
 * 2) lots of stuff here

Formatting of names of books

 * 1) need correct title names and authors of all books
 * 2) need page numbers associated with chapters if not entire book is pertinent
 * 3) Whittingham - Bill Dudley Chapter

Legacy and Honors

 * 1) find: The setting of his passing was seen in the media as befitting a man who had dedicated most of his adult life to the success of the NFL. However, to his children, they had lost not a pioneer in the NFL, but rather their father. ...keywords should be "pioneer in.." the NFL or in football..no luck
 * 2) legacy stuff is important to reevaluate to see if going to far

Sources to be sorted out

 * 1) what were the years bert bell was the coach at temple university - "citation needed|date=August 2011|reason=Another source says he was coach at Temple in 1930 and 1931 only - I think its MacCambridge 2009" - there is a college bibliography on football and there is one source from temple university that is unpublished and hidden in the university's archives or the temple university's library<....name to follow no its published and its no good... name of college bibliography on football to follow - hopefully that temple university unpublished work will have the answer... no its no good The actual wording of the article, today, makes sense and seems logical. 66.234.33.8 (talk) 21:28, 17 August 2011 (UTC) This says he was out of pro football in 1932: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SAgNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5910,1905924&dq=bert+bell&hl=en
 * 2) why did bert bell not get any money from his dad to buy the eagles??? citation needed|date=August 2011|reason=Lyons points out, using one of Bert's sons as a source, that Bert's father had refused to lend him money much earlier than Bert's endeavor to buy the Eagles. this is clean...Lyons is writing about bell's father cutting him off from any inheritance p. 166
 * 3) in what years did bell get salary raises and for how much? "citation needed|date=August 2011|reason=sources conflict on when his contract changed and if salary increases occurred. The NFL/NFL HOF books, IMHO, looks to bias it towards him receiving "WHOPPING" (yes, they use that word whopping) raises. The NFL is NOT NPOV." 66.234.33.8 (talk) 21:40, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * 4) The NFL by-laws were amended on January 16, 1948, and granted Bell the sole discretion, in perpetuity as commissioner, to unilaterally develop the scheduling for all teams in the NFL. Maule, 1964, p. 242.Ruck; Paterson and Weber, 2010, p. 248.MacCambridge, 2005, p. 40.MacCambridge writes Bell created the schedules for his entire stay as commissioner. MacCambridge, 2005, p. 40.  - citation needed|date=May 2011|reason=this is a cleanup tag. I have to go back and look and MacCambridge p. 40 and Ruck to see if they mention January 16...maybe this needs to be pulled back, how important is Jan. 16, by-laws, and perpetuity for an encyclopedia article...OTOH, they NEVER CHANGED constitution by-laws 66.234.33.8 (talk) 21:42, 17 August 2011 (UTC)...they never changed constitution but they added ammendmants, the in perpetuity for scheduling was for while he was commissioner and he probably had a 5 year contract so he was granted scheduling for 5 years....otoh....maybe not...i'd have to see the ammendmants...put in notes covered, MacCambridge screwed up
 * 5) In 1952, Bell introduced a rule, which was originally advocated by Tim Mara in 1933, to decide tie games by introducing an overtime period citation needed|date=August 2011|reason=Maule disputes this. Mara was clearly there in 1933 but DeVito needs double-check. This rule should have been created in 1947. 66.234.33.8 (talk) 07:17, 18 August 2011 (UTC) fixed
 * 6) Madison ave: The game further increased football's marketability to television advertising and the drama associated with the sudden-death overtime was the catalyst.ref name="Gifford; with Richmond, 2008, p. 213."Gifford; with Richmond, 2008, p. 213. and Patton quoting Kyle Rote about 1956 nfl champions...the score of that game was 47-7 Peterson (p. 201) uses Patton verbatim and quotes him.
 * 7) This sequence of events in the transaction have been nicknamed as the Pennsylvania Polka by sports historians Algeo, 2006, p. 16., and its catalyst was Rooney wanted to financially bail out Bell citation needed|date=August 2011|reason=looking for confirmation of Ruck - Rooney 374/713 "Rooney had bailed Bell when he owned the Eagles, finally bringing him on board as the Steeler's co-owner." - it never hit me this way before or I am misreading it now - this conflicts with Bell's son's interpretation.
 * 8) Bell responded to these charges by recounting his injuries in his playing days and saying it was part of the game.citation needed|date=August 2011|reason=Lyons, but COPY-EDIT required for replacing the verbs saying and take out in last 2 sentences and segway into next sentence, whole paragraph needs reorganization AND also SEE SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 1957 interview with Bert Bell and ALSO SEE SPORT ILLUSTRATED article with an NFL player that disputes Graham. Also See Maraniss on rule 14a or 8A in 1956 ...lets look at criticizing officials w respect to new contract w CBS.
 * 9) Umphlett says Penn was eastern conference winners. Lyons says they were collegiate champions in 1924
 * 10) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/29/sports/creighton-miller-79-lawyer-and-notre-dame-halfback.html vs. PB. Brown has it w Miller and Ratterman
 * 11) Algeo says Bert was a devout catholic in 1933 on p. 16...could be good to bring in GPM quote from PB about next mtg in Rome
 * 12) suspending operations during war, DeVito vs. Algeo p. 30
 * 13) Hibner vs. Lyons on favorite of rose bowl...double-check Hibner done
 * 14) salary and length
 * 15) brown vs. coenen and staudohar: - Paul Brown's interpretation is probably ex post facto. The unionization was probably already underway when he discovered the letter to Ratterman. Need to go back to Rattterman now. The idea of a union of football players
 * 16) The animosity directed at Bell was either due to a long-standing feud among Quaker footballers and fans over their inability to get his father removed from his position as athletic director,citation needed|date=August 2011|reason=unknown location, somethings screwy, Danzig points out that the Quakers during the tenure of John C. was their best teams ever, why would they want him removed? How could he be second in creating the NCAA unless u of penn was a great team?, Bert's play, or some other intangible reasons. Lyons p. 20
 * 17) Ray Kemp
 * 18) When he visited the players each year at training camp, he also impressed how important it was to conduct themselves properly on the field, i.e. fights, tv era, put here for now
 * 19) Need Saturday Evening Post Dec 3, 1955 and Time magazine cover story on Kilroy w respect to Bell fining players for conduct on their field.
 * 20) need to look at Willis re: nflpa and benefit
 * 21) double check if it was December 1945 or January 1946 Coenen on p. 182 says it was 1945 for league jumping rule
 * 22) citation needed|date=April 2011|reason=he sold his share to Barney McGinley, see 75 Years
 * 23) pension plan: citation needed|date=August 2011|reason=by who, on what date, when was it's name changed to Bell-Rozelle or Rozelle-Bell or did they phrase it incorrectly here: Oversight hearings on National Football League labor-management dispute : hearings before the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, first-session, held in Washington, D.C., September 29 and October 2, 1975. JLE 78–747 (HSSL)
 * 24) As president of the club, Bell handled more of the contract negotiations than Rooney and Bell was considered more stingy with the players than Rooney.
 * 25) fistfights between players were a common occurrence during games citation needed|date=August 2011|reason=Ratterman p. 125 covers assault and battery not fistfights common occurrence. The actual quote should read something like, fistfights were as common in football then as they are now. It should be a book written about 1983 +- 3 years but it is definitely not Carroll nor Hessions. So its Powers, Whittingham, or Patton
 * 26) tv part 1
 * 27) tv part 2
 * 28)  summer of 1950. Narberth, rest of his life. This transient lifestyle was due to necessity, as Bell was not financially secure enough to afford a home."Lyons, 2010, pp. 166-167." From above, "Bell was given a three-year contract by the NFL at $20,000 (presently, $224,889) per year" and he could not afford a house???...No, the success of the merger and the way he asserted himself during the process and the fact that he was publically acclaimed in the media and was rewarded with the position of commissioner after the merger emboldened him. That's the missing piece; the merger was a financial turning point in his life. This needs to go up to to the main section as one of the aftermaths of the AAFC-NFL merger.

Notable sources completely ignored because their claims are overwhelmingly disproved

 * 1) Algeo says bell was a devout catholic way back in 1933, p. 16
 * 2) nbc.com reporting wray let go in 1935
 * 3) one implementation of Lyons on date of Bell's passing (1 is included)
 * 4) Ruck on Rooney trying to change the visitor's share of the gate from a % to a solid amount or vice versa - not because of whether or not it was a % or a solid amount or vice versa, but because Ruck is trying to credit Rooney with the first implementation of revenue sharing - revenue sharing goes to Bill Veeck, Davis on Halas has it, IMHO, dead on
 * 5) Lyons screws up when and how the draft was put forth. Check last edit before this one. 66.234.33.8 (talk) 14:01, 2 September 2011 (UTC) <- save that timestamp
 * 6) MacCambridge, et. al. write Bell had a 5 year timeframe to develop the NFL schedules even though he only 4 years left as NFL commissioner at the time.
 * 7) Yost p. 63. claiming Bell was not good w television in early years. His critique could have been useful except Yost claims that Bell should have televised all, both home and away, games which is blatantly ridiculous. Yost also totally screws up some facts on that same page. - ignored

Typo fixes required

 * 1) publisher's name of GAOF golden age of football
 * 2) ISBN RG red grange
 * 3) Wuulfson
 * 4) title of Current Biography Yearbook, 1950
 * 5) title of NYT Magazine, November 23, 1958
 * 6) Saturday evening post - Halas, page numbers and CCIX

Sources book is closed on

 * 1) Algeo
 * 2) Devito
 * 3) Hibner
 * 4) Levy
 * 5) Littlewood
 * 6) Peterson
 * 7) Ruck
 * 8) Staudohar
 * 9) Weyand

Reevaluations required

 * 1) 1945 and 1946
 * 2) television blackouts
 * 3) Yost on Bell being bad on implementing TV policy early on...need context...need to see if Yost is explicit in describing his failures. If Yost does not come up with something concrete, then he must be hammered.

Content

 * 1) make aafc nfl fit more chronologically? iow, put some of it in steelers
 * 2) philadelphia eagles, any way to fix that section?

201111088
Bell's version of the draft not only limited players salaries, but it all also "penalized" players by forcing them to play for the worst teams and it was eventually ruled, years after his passing, as being unconstitutional.

His thoughts on TV revenue-sharing would eventually, through his advice to Bob Howsam, find its way to Rozelle, who successfully lobbied to get the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 passed to legalize revenue sharing, which had been formerly illegal. This allowed Rozelle to implement league-wide sharing of TV revenue for all NFL games starting with the 1962 NFL season. This revenue-sharing would assist small-market teams, such as the Green Bay Packers, by giving them the financial resources to obtain the talent necessary to give them the potential to win a game against any large-market team. Despite Bell's achievements and acclaim, at league meetings to determine Bell's successor, Bell's "good friend", Carol Rosenbloom, and Halas were adamant in rejecting any candidate who was viewed as maintaining the status quo with respect to NFL policies. Pete Rozelle was eventually elected the third NFL commissioner. claiming it would be considered dishonest to the paying customers. The NFLPA did not formally become a union until registering with the U.S. Department of Labor in 1968.