That Explains Things
If the book that the movie is taken from was written by some sports writer who saw much of the behind scenes behavior in the game then that says a lot about all these players wanting compensation for head injuries. I think Nick said it all when he pointed out that management was the team and the players are just equipment. I don't know about now, but if true back then they seemed to care less what physical damage might happen to players they patch up to continue playing when they needed to be healing
One more point about what seems to be a goof on the last scene. When Nolte and Davis were talking Davis didn't have a football right? Suddenly he has a football to throw that just materialized out of the blue right? Or did I just miss it? I accidentally deleted it before going back to look