American football is uniquely blighted by violence off the field. The temptation is to think that O J Simpson's dash in the white Ford Bronco the most famous run he ever made precipitated some kind of a crisis in the game that many of us still think of as the best that American team sports have to offer. Simpson was one of the great NFL running backs.That isn't exactly doing wonders for the argument the NFL is a familyfriendly experience. The average cost to take a family of four to a game, park, have a beer, hot dog and soda and go home with a program and cap also jumped 3.7%, to nearly $460. If you're a beerswilling single, however, it's not such a bad year.

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