With Paul Tagliabue to be inducted into the Pro Football HOF this Saturday as part of the '20 Centennial class, the CANTON REPOSITORY writes the former NFL Commissioner's "steady leadership brought tremendous growth" to the league. When Tagliabue was elected to succeed Pete Rozelle on Oct. 26, 1989, the seventh commissioner of the NFL "was taxed with growing the game as much as he could." Tagliabue soon "announced a four-year television deal worth a then-record $3.6 billion." Under his reign, "20 new stadiums were built" and the NFL "expanded from 28 to 32 teams." Tagliabue also was a "pioneer when it came to keeping the NFL at the forefront politically." More on HOF: "' Creative genius' Steve Sabol loved football, work at NFL Films is proof."
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