Coaches who had spent weeks working on game plans designed to destroy opening-day opponents were suddenly not sure what team to plot against. Television networks did not know if they would have games to televise. Bookies were beside themselves because the uncertainty was costing them big business. And millions of fans were steeling themselves for an autumn Sunday on which they might have to do something other than watch pro football.
Behind all the confusion last week was the sudden pro football players' strike, the third in five years. Like the ineffectual walkouts of...
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