FILE – In this March 14, 1967, file photo, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle works at on a blackboa …

FILE - In this March 14, 1967, file photo, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle works at on a blackboa ...

FILE – In this March 14, 1967, file photo, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle works at on a blackboard at a New York City hotel during the first round of the combined National Football League (NFL) – American Football league (AFL) football player draft. This brand new TV entity called ESPN approached NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle in 1980 offering to broadcast the proceedings from the New York Sheraton. Rozelle couldn’t fathom why ESPN boss Chet Simmons made the offer. (AP Photo/Jacob Harris, File)