IF EVER A system was created to prevent perfection, it is the revenue-sharing, asset-leveling, quasi-socialist enterprise known as the National Football League. Unlike other forms of corporate capitalism, the organizing principle of the NFL is rooted in the concept of parity. The purpose of parity is to make every contest competitive, to keep the promise of a mission statement that ... (Full article: 469 words)

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