National Football League Strategies Business Expansions, Relocations
This Brief identifies and contrasts the groups of expansion franchises and any teams that relocated from one metropolitan area or city to another within the National Football League (NFL) during three distinct periods from 1920 to 2013. It discusses histo
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Frank P. Jozsa Jr.
National Football League Strategies Business Expansions, Relocations, and Mergers
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Frank P. Jozsa Jr. Tega Cay South Carolina USA
ISSN 2191-5504 ISSN 2191-5512 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-05704-0 ISBN 978-3-319-05705-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-05705-7 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014936603 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To Maureen Fogle, a New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers fan
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Preface
Similar to former and current domestic and international professional sports leagues, the National Football League (NFL) approves and implements strategies to dominant its competitors and therefore become more popular, profitable, and successful. To reveal and analyze three historical but effective NFL strategies, this book discusses why, when, and where the NFL increased its number of franchises, permitted teams to move from their sites in metropolitan areas to others, and merged with two different national football leagues during the twentieth century. Since 1922, the NFL—named the American Professional Football Association in 1920 and 1921—has ev
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