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I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations like bowling leagues. But people participate in communities in other ways.

But if you look at teams that want to share more revenues, they're teams that don't have a lot on the table. They've long since not had any serious investment in their team.

We in the NFL unquestionably are in sports and competition, but we're also in entertainment, and that's the entertainment capital of the world. It just bowls you over when you see the opportunity in L.A.

The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy.

When you inherit a franchise that won one playoff game in the last 10 years, you've inherited a troubled franchise.

The bowl games are only supposed to be a fun reward.

If I had been on 'Bowling for Dollars', I'd wind up owing them money.

We all live in a televised goldfish bowl.

Bowling really was a big American sport in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, and then it kind of died off in the '80s.

The thing we found out was, when you get to a Super Bowl, both teams are treated the same, talked about in glowing terms. But when the game is over, only the team that won matters.