Playboy's Pro Football Forecast

October, 1993

Playboy's Pro Football ForecastThis year marks the turning point: NFL team owners and players have finally agreed to free agency. More than 100 NFL free agents changed clubs, and they were rewarded with average pay hikes of more than 125 percent. A number of teams--principally Atlanta, Detroit, Green Bay and the New York Jets--were able to reinvent themselves.NFL team owners were delighted by all the publicity. Unlike the baseball owners, they aren't whining about rocketing player salaries. Ther...