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Article: Free agency reality check
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- The Sporting News
- Article date:
- June 17, 1996
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The past four years have been characterized by as much nonsense as common sense
Hollywood has found free agency in the NFL so fascinating it is making a movie, Jerry Maguire, based loosely on the maneuverings of attorney Leigh Steinberg, who seems to have represented every quarterback since Sammy Baugh. Tom Cruise is being cast in the Steinberg role, which is certainly flattering for Steinberg and for a subject that has all of the appeal of Sylvester Stallone playing the lead in a romantic comedy.
Better the material be treated in a much more serious manner, say as the basis of one of those public broadcasting documentaries. Not a very sexy venue, granted, but four years of free agency ...