Playmakers

By Mike Florio

Playmakers - Mike Florio
  • Release Date: 2022-03-15
  • Genre: Football
Score: 3.5
3.5
From 47 Ratings

Description

The story of a modern NFL that can’t get out of its own way—and can’t stop making money

In recent decades, the NFL has simultaneously become an athletic, financial, and cultural powerhouse—and a League that can’t seem to go more than a few weeks without a scandal. Whether it’s about domestic violence, performance-enhancing drugs, racism, or head trauma, the NFL always seems to be in some kind of trouble. Yet no matter the drama, the TV networks keep showing games, the revenue keeps rising, and the viewers keep tuning in.

How can a sports league—or any organization—operate this way? Why do the negative stories keep happening, and why don’t they ever seem to affect the bottom line? In this wide-ranging book, Mike Florio takes readers from the boardroom to the locker room, from draft day to the Super Bowl, answering these questions and more, and showing what really goes on in the sport that America can’t seem to quit.

Known for his constant stream of new information and incisive commentary, Florio delivers again in this book. With new insights and reporting on scandals past and present, this book will be the talk of the League—whether the League likes it or not.

Reviews

  • A Great Read!!!

    5
    By Robyn lynnnnnn
    Anything less would’ve been uncivilized. Well Done Mr. Mike Florio. You’ve done it again. Loved this Book. Keep up the Tremendous work.
  • Reads like a recap

    3
    By Brooklyntree
    This reads like a recap of everything you already know if you follow the league even passively.
  • Not a book…

    2
    By Dave from Fernley
    This is a rambling series of blog posts. I was disappointed that Florio couldn’t actually deliver anything beyond repackaged column tidbits.