MEET THE BEST OWNERS IN FOOTBALL

摘要

If Lambeau Field is hallowed National Football League ground-was it this goal line or the far one where Bart Starr sneaked in for the winning touchdown in '67?-then it was only fitting that the NFL clergy gathered there in early September to celebrate the start of a new season. The preceding months had been dominated by bitter negotiations between the league's 32 owners and the players' union, which had led to an owners' lockout and the cancellation of training camp. For a while the regular season itself seemed in jeopardy until the two sides reached a new collective bargaining agreement six weeks before opening Sunday.