One of the mysteries of today's America is that parents and guardians, aunts and uncles, friends and counselors, are more likely to encourage athletic young men to play European futbol rather than American football, yet those same people will spend hours per week fulminating over the fate of their favorite NFL teams.
Or as importantly, the fate of their fantasy team, or their Draft King and FanDuel investments.
Pete Rozelle made "parity" a sacred term for the NFL when he became commissioner in 1960, and decades later, the belief here is the modern form of that has much to do with pro football's astounding success.