Pittsburgh Steelers president Dan Rooney is so concerned about the degree of player movement since the 1993 advent of unfettered free agency that he has persuaded NFL Players Association executive director Gene Upshaw to convene a meeting with leading players and owners after the season to discuss revising free-agency rules. The Steelers have lost 37 players from the 49-man roster that played in the Super Bowl in January 1996. At least we'll talk it through. We're in a transition time for quarterbacks in a quarterback-driven league. Three quarters of the teams are in quarterback flux.
Fans like to watch close games.
They like exciting finishes. Sure, star players are still a big attraction, but even more important to fans is that their team has a chance to win every week. They'll care about the next guy wearing the blue jersey. Fans love the uniforms, not the players. Parcells's words still ring true.