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 awarded the hosting of Super Bowl XX to New Orleans, Louisiana on December 14, 1982.

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 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.

Carson Palmer, the future star quarterback, was drafted in 2003, but did not play a snap that whole season, as Jon Kitna had a comeback year ( voted NFL Comeback Player of the Year ).

The game was voted as the best game in NFL history by a panel of ESPN journalists.

But in 1990, after Arizona voters rejected a ballot initiative to create a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday, the NFL voted to yank Super Bowl XXVII from Arizona under pressure from civil rights groups and from the NFL Players ' Association.

After Arizona voters rejected the 1990 ballot initiative to create an MLK holiday, the NFL voted to hold Super Bowl XXVII at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California instead of in Arizona.

During the 2007 season, Lambeau Field was voted the number one NFL stadium in game-day atmosphere and fan experience by a Sports Illustrated online poll.

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

But in October, the NFL voted 30-2 not to reopen the case.

However, when the NFL voted to expand in 1960 to the Twin Cities, Haugsrud was able to buy 10 % of the Minnesota Vikings ( 90 % of the team was owned by an ownership group that had originally planned to launch a separate team in the American Football League ).

In addition, he was voted the NEA NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1973.

In 1995, he finished tied for third in the NFL in scoring with 132 points and tied for second in field goals made with 31 as he was voted to his first Pro Bowl.

NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXXVIII to Houston during their November 1, 2000 meeting.

Perhaps the most famous nominal damages award in modern times has been the $ 1 verdict against the National Football League ( NFL ) in the 1986 antitrust suit prosecuted by the United States Football League.

The team MVP that season was Joe Kapp, who threw for seven touchdowns against the Baltimore Colts – still an all-time NFL record ; however, Kapp refused to accept the award, stating, " There is not one most valuable Viking ... there are 40 most valuable Vikings!

During their history, the Giants have featured 15 Hall of Fame players, including NFL Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) award winners Mel Hein, Frank Gifford, Charlie Conerly, Y.

Warner became the sixth player to win both the NFL Most Valuable Player Award and the Super Bowl MVP award during the same season.

George won the NFL Rookie of the Year award in 1996, and was the Oilers / Titans ' starting tailback through 2003, never missing a start due to injury.

Smith is the only running back to ever win a Super Bowl championship, the NFL Most Valuable Player award, the NFL rushing crown, and the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player award all in the same season ( 1993 ).

Prominent NFL alumni include Senators Russ Feingold, Richard Lugar and William Frist, media visionary Ted Turner, Academy Award winners Patricia Neal and Don Ameche, Emmy award winners Kelsey Grammer and Shelley Long, television host Oprah Winfrey, news anchors Jane Pauley and the late David Bloom, C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Federal National Mortgage CEO Franklin Delano Raines, actors Brad Pitt and Zac Efron, and musician David Cook.

In exchange for ensuring the passage of the legislation, Long and Boggs requested that Rozelle award the next NFL expansion franchise to New Orleans.

Rozelle's " aptitude for conciliation " with the league's owners and his work in expanding the NFL however, led to his receiving Sports Illustrated magazine's 1963 " Sportsman of the Year " award.

Since 1990, the award has been presented by the NFL.

Montana was also the co-recipient of the 1986 NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award, an award which he shared with Minnesota Vikings quarterback Tommy Kramer.