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State of the NFL? It's a mixed business bag

By John Helyar
ESPN.com

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Commissioner Roger Goodell will have plenty to brag on as he delivers his annual "State of the NFL" address in Arizona on Friday. Such as: • The league enjoyed its fifth consecutive season of record attendance in 2007, drawing 17.3 million, or 90 percent of total stadium capacity. • TV ratings were through the roof, or, if you will, the dome. Fox attracted its biggest audiences since 1995, averaging 17.1 million a game. CBS's viewership surged 8.6 percent from 2006, to 16.7 millio ...

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