In a special meeting prior to Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans on February 2, 2002, NFL owners voted unanimously to approve the purchase.

These factors – combined with a war for players between the two leagues that raised salaries and ate into owners ' profits – ultimately led to the dissolution of the AAFC and the merger of three of its teams, including the Browns, into the NFL in 1949.

On October 26, 1993, the league announced that the owners had unanimously voted for the Carolinas to receive the 29th franchise, the first new NFL team since 1976 ( Jacksonville was named the 30th team a month later ).

Since NFL expansion needed unanimous approval from team owners at that time, Marshall's position would prevent Murchison from joining the league.

However, in a surprising move, the NFL owners voted 26-2 in favor of awarding the 30th franchise to Jacksonville.

Khan's assumption of ownership was approved a couple of weeks later by the NFL owners, and Khan took over full ownership on January 4, 2012.

The day after the NFL awarded the expansion team to Jacksonville, a triumphant Wayne Weaver held up the Jaguars ' proposed silver helmet and teal jersey at the NFL owners ' meeting in Chicago.

Johnson was unknown amongst the other NFL owners at the time of his $ 635 million purchase of the franchise.

Fearing that bidding wars over players would become the norm, greatly increasing labor costs, NFL owners, led by league Commissioner Pete Rozelle, obtained a merger with the AFL.

As the two leagues had an unequal number of teams ( under the merger agreement, the NFL expanded by one team to 16, and the AFL by one to 10 ), realignment was advocated by some owners, but was opposed.

NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XVIII to Tampa on June 3, 1981.

NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XIX to Stanford University Stadium in Palo Alto, California on December 14, 1982.

NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXI to Pasadena, California during their May 23 – 25, 1984 meetings.

NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXII to San Diego during their May 23 – 25, 1984 meetings.

NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXIV to New Orleans, Louisiana during their March 10 – 15, 1985 meetings.

NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXV to Tampa during a May 20, 1987 meeting.

NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXVI to Minneapolis during their May 24, 1989 meeting.

NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXVIII to Atlanta, Georgia, during their May 23, 1990, meeting.

NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXIX to Miami, Florida during their May 23, 1991 meeting.

NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXX to Tempe, Arizona during their March 23, 1993 meeting.

NFL owners awarded Super Bowl XXXI to New Orleans during their October 26, 1993 meeting in Chicago.

NFL owners awarded Super Bowl XXXIII to the Miami area during their October 31, 1996 meeting in New Orleans.

In 1979, the Memphis club owners filed an anti-trust suit against the NFL.

The Atlanta expansion franchise became the 15th NFL franchise, and they were awarded the first pick in the 1966 NFL Draft as well as the final pick in each of the first five rounds.

Rosenbloom was awarded the remains of the Dallas Texans who had a long and winding history starting as the Boston Yanks in 1944 who later merged with the Brooklyn Tigers and were previously known as the Dayton Triangles, an original NFL team established in 1913.

Five months later in January 1960, after significant pressure from the NFL, the ownership group, along with Bernie Ridder, reneged on its agreement with the AFL and then was awarded the National Football League's 14th franchise with play to begin in 1961.

To seal the merger, Rozelle arrived in New Orleans within a week, and announced on November 1, 1966 that the NFL officially had awarded the city of New Orleans an NFL franchise.

In its third season, the team finished with the best record in the league at 11 – 1 – 1 and was awarded the NFL title.

After more than a year of searching for a suitable replacement, the NFL granted an expansion franchise to a syndicate headed by Bert Bell and Lud Wray and awarded them the assets of the failed Yellow Jackets organization.

Two years after the loss of more the $ 350 million in major convention business and the 1993 Super Bowl, Arizona became the first and only state to popularly vote for and approve a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, finally opting to create the holiday by ballot in 1992, and on March 23, 1993, the NFL awarded Super Bowl XXX ( 1996 ) to Tempe.

In 2001, quarterback Kurt Warner was awarded his second NFL Most Valuable Player Award after throwing for 4, 830 yards and 36 touchdowns, with 22 interceptions, and earned a league high 101. 4 passer rating.

* Charlotte later hosted the Chargers of the AFA before the Panthers ' NFL franchise was awarded.

The Maroons had a claim to the 1925 NFL championship, but because of a controversial decision by NFL President Joe Carr, the title was instead awarded to the Chicago Cardinals.

There is considerable controversy over whether the Maroons should have been awarded the 1925 NFL Championship instead of the Chicago Cardinals, whom they beat on the field.

Super Bowl XXXVII was originally awarded to San Francisco in 1997 by the NFL owners.

Finally, on July 9, 1933, the NFL granted an expansion franchise to Bert Bell and Lud Wray, and awarded them the remains of the Yellow Jackets organization.

Following the season, the NFL awarded the remains of the Texans operation to a Baltimore-based group headed by Carroll Rosenbloom, who used it to start the Baltimore Colts.

In 1932, a Boston-based group won a new NFL franchise and was awarded the remains of the failed Newark organization.

Rookie end Gus Tebell, who was also the coach, was awarded 1st Team All NFL by the Canton Daily News as well as the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

Gus Sonnenberg, Paul Goebel, John Sack, and Bob Rapp were all awarded 1st Team all NFL by the Canton Daily News.

Other NBC Sports duties that Albert held were play-by-play announcing for the NFL, college basketball, horse racing, boxing, NHL All-Star Games, and Major League Baseball, as well as hosting baseball studio and pre-game shows.

In 1993, Lampley took over studio hosting duties for Bob Costas on The NFL on NBC.

He also stated that the NFL was talking with city officials about possibly hosting another Super Bowl there in the near future, which would be the city's 10th.

It hosted various athletic competitions and became the home stadium of the San Francisco 49ers of the AAFC and NFL from 1946 to 1970, also hosting the Oakland Raiders of the AFL for one season in 1960.

Starting in the 2006 NFL season, Kornheiser and Wilbon began hosting PTI from the stadium that was hosting the Monday Night Football game.

After hosting several exhibition games at Tulane Stadium during typical New Orleans summer thunderstorms, Dixon was told by NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle that the NFL would never expand into New Orleans without a domed stadium.

Despite hosting the Super Bowl, Ford Field remains one of only 2 current NFL stadiums ( the other being Cleveland Browns Stadium ) that have yet to host an NFL playoff game.

It is the 11th-oldest stadium in the NFL – 16 other venues that were hosting NFL teams at the time of the Dome's opening have either since closed or merely lost their NFL tenants.

Bernstein also served as a sideline reporter for college football on ABC and ESPN with Brad Nessler, Bob Griese and Paul Maguire for the 2006 and 2007 seasons, but announced on her website that she was leaving sideline reporting prior to the 2008 season to concentrate on studio hosting and in-depth reporting duties, including her role as a substitute host for NFL Live, Jim Rome Is Burning, and Outside the Lines.

Cheap Seats debuted on February 4, 2004, with an episode that showed ESPN sportscaster " Ron Parker " ( played by Michael Showalter and supposedly the intended host for the show ) getting buried under a shelf full of tapes, forcing the Sklars to fill in, as they were behind Parker on the " hosting depth chart " ( with Ryan Leaf behind the Sklars, a reference to his overwhelming lack of success in the NFL ).

Kolber regularly hosts ESPN ’ s year-round NFL Live news and information show, and she has played a major role in ESPN ’ s comprehensive coverage of the annual NFL Draft, hosting the Day 2 telecast ( 2004 – 2006 ) and leading analysis segments on Day 1.

A failed defensive back in the NFL, Bellisari took over of the Wolves offense and led them to four straight victories which took the Wolves from the bottom of the division to making the playoffs and hosting a first round game.

This show was succeeded in 1962 and 1963 by NFL Kickoff ( with Kyle Rote hosting ).

During the 1964 season, Frank Gifford began hosting NFL Report, which later that season would be retitled The NFL Today.

In 1971, Jack Whitaker and Pat Summerall took over hosting duties on The NFL Today from Frank Gifford, who left CBS to call play-by-play on ABC's Monday Night Football.

After his hiring, ABC's merger with ESPN under the Disney umbrella alllowed him to work on ESPN and ABC Sports divisions in 2006, including Major League Baseball, NBA games, ESPN Radio, golf tournaments, horse racing, the Indianapolis 500, Little League World Series, soccer games, college football, and even some NFL games ( including hosting halftime duties for Monday Night Football and Wild Card round games ).

Since the 2010 NFL season, Andrew " McLovin " Perloff began hosting a weekly segment called " Against the Grain ," in which he offers a series of short observations about the league that may not reflect popular opinion.