Paul Tagliabue Outside Quotations

I think the chances are increasing. The priority now has to be to institutionalize having such games, or the Pro Bowl, played outside the U.S. in the future.

I've been getting periodic updates from our counsel. I think very shortly we'll have a final report from our counsel and investigative team. Hopefully, we can learn some lessons together with the (NFL) Players Association from the report. I think one thing is clear already, based on what I have been presented with: No one within the Panthers' organization was in any way, shape or form involved with any of these players who were playing outside the lines.

No sports league has ever had to deal with the issues that we're dealing with. . . . I've told our people to think outside the box,

Mexico is the country with the most NFL fans outside of the United States,

Mexico is the country with the most fans outside the United States, ... Our fans in Mexico are knowledgeable and passionate, and they are ready for the next step.

That's going to be our focus. We started some conversation with the owners about what kind of structure, what kind of commitments it would take from all the teams to institutionalize that so the obligation of playing a game every now and then, a regular-season game, outside of the United States would become a part of the normal team participation in the National Football League.

(Fans outside the U.S.) want to be part of the regular season. They want to be part of other regular events like the Pro Bowl.

I think one thing is clear already, based on what I have been presented with, that no one within the Panthers organization was in any way, shape or form involved with any of these players who were playing outside the lines.

The way we'll approach it is to have a very comprehensive search that will identify both internal candidates - whether it's from our own (league) offices or a team - as well as outside candidates in other businesses or other organizations.