Oct 25 2005
The Life of Well Mara
I did not know the role Mara played in NFL history until seeing the orbituaries in Washington Post and NYT.
I thought Revenue Sharing epitomized “capitalist vision”. Can’t imagine that in China. Absolutely no way.
According to the WP article, he was an incredibly kind person. History scholars seldom gave much thought to “agents” of history rather than “structures” (as in Structuralism). Without Mara, it seemed, Football wouldn’t be where it is today.