Summary
Outrageous on the one hand, a little bit too real on the other, the hit television show Playmakers put the NFL in an awkward situation this year.
Aired by ESPN, one of the league's broadcast partners, the show was about the "Cougars," a fictional pro football team facing issues plucked from the real-world headlines - drug use, marital infidelity, racism.See the full content of this document
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Show Puts Espn in Tight Spot
The show's critics panned it as gratuitous and unrealistic, a pumped-up caricature of a league that isn't nearly as bad off as the program s...
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