The National Football League's 11-year national media rights agreements signed in 2021 include an opt-out provision that allows the NFL to opt out and renegotiate those deals beginning in 2029.
November 20, 2025
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contractual_term
Describes a contractual mechanism in major U.S. sports media rights that enables earlier renegotiation.
The National Football League (NFL) can opt out of its current 11-year media-rights agreements in 2029, enabling potential renegotiation of those media deals.
November 20, 2025
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Describes a contractual timing provision that could trigger a new round of media-rights negotiations for the NFL.
Antonio Brown recorded 928 career receptions for 12,291 receiving yards and 83 receiving touchdowns in the NFL.
November 13, 2025
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Aggregate career receiving statistics.
Antonio Brown played 12 seasons in the National Football League, last played in 2021 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, spent the majority of his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, recorded 928 receptions for over 12,000 receiving yards, scored 88 total touchdowns including return scores and one passing touchdown, and was selected to the Pro Bowl seven times.
December 31, 2021
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Career summary and cumulative statistics for NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown.
During Paul Tagliabue's tenure as NFL commissioner (1989â2006), the league experienced no labor stoppages.
December 31, 2006
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organizational
Labor relations in the NFL during Tagliabue's commissionership
By 2006, there were seven minority head coaches in the National Football League.
December 31, 2006
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Representation of minority head coaches in the NFL as of 2006
The National Football League expanded to 32 teams during Paul Tagliabue's tenure, including the additions of the Carolina Panthers, the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Houston Texans.
January 01, 2006
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organizational
League expansion and team additions under a commissioner.
Paul Tagliabue established the 'Rooney Rule', requiring NFL teams with coaching vacancies to interview minority candidates; the rule has since been expanded to include front-office and league executive positions.
January 01, 2006
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policy
NFL hiring policy to promote minority candidate interviews
When Paul Tagliabue took office as NFL Commissioner in 1989 the league had its first Black head coach of the modern era; by the time he stepped down in 2006 there were seven minority head coaches in the league.
January 01, 2006
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Change in number of minority head coaches in the NFL between 1989 and 2006
By the end of the 2005 NFL season, 30 of the league's 32 teams reported season attendance exceeding 1 million, while the New Orleans Saints and the Arizona Cardinals reported fewer than 1 million in attendance.
December 31, 2005
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statistical
Season attendance distribution across NFL teams for the 2005 season.
In the 1984 NFL season, Kenny Easley led the league with 10 interceptions and was named the Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year; the Seattle Seahawks forced a franchise-record 63 turnovers that season.
January 01, 1984
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Season-level defensive statistical leadership and major individual award.
Kenny Easley led the NFL with 10 interceptions in 1984 and was named the Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year in 1984.
January 01, 1984
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Season-level statistical leadership and a major defensive award.
Mark Sanchez is a former National Football League (NFL) quarterback and a Fox Sports analyst.
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biographical
Professional background of the individual
After the United States Football League folded, Herschel Walker played in the National Football League for more than a decade.
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temporal
Players from the USFL who continued professional careers often transitioned to the NFL after the USFL ceased operations.
The National Football League (NFL) maintains a policy on performance-enhancing drugs that can result in player suspensions.
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policy
General description of the NFL's disciplinary framework for substance violations.
The NFL publishes player transactions, including disciplinary actions such as suspensions, on its official transactions wire.
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procedural
The league's official transactions wire is used to record roster and disciplinary moves.
Paul Tagliabue served as commissioner of the National Football League for 17 years.
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temporal
Duration of Tagliabue's tenure as the NFL's chief executive
Over his coaching career, John Beam developed more than 30 players who reached the National Football League, including seven who participated in Super Bowls, according to the Peralta Community College District.
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temporal
Career-level outcomes of John Beam's coaching program as reported by the Peralta Community College District.