Representing more than 1,800 NFL players, NFL Players Inc. "takes the helmets off" the players and markets them as personalities as well as professional athletes. Through an exclusive sponsorship agreement with the NFL, players are integrated into NFL sponsor activations.Zilch. History may record it as the most improbable duck of all. Contrast that with soccer (six out of 19) and rugby union (two out of six).

But then again, it not just the AFC East. Eleven of the 32 NFL teams have 33 records, including Green Bay, which is No. 7 in the AP Pro32 NFL Power Rankings and Buffalo, ranked 24th.Conservator DOES make one interesting point, though, in that professional sports teams are often the beneficiaries of taxpayer subsidies, whether in the form of stadium financing, or special tax property tax breaks, etc. But that is still not the same situation as exists for public employees. Whether it makes sense for a given city or town to offer tax breaks or subsidies to a pr