The NFL's New Boss...?
Aug. 8, 2006

Last Thursday, as Paul Tagliabue descended the staircase to the lobby of Cleveland's grand old Stouffer hotel following his election as the NFL's seventh commissioner, Tommy Smith, executive assistant to the president of the Oilers, tossed a penny into the lobby fountain. "Good luck to Tags," said Smith. "He''ll need it."

At last the league had ended its stormy, seven-month search for a successor to Pete Rozelle. In choosing Tagliabue, 48, a respected attorney, team owners got an experienced NFL insider -- yet someone who may be willing to act more boldly than Rozelle did to resolve the labor problems facing the league.

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