These are glory days for the National Football League. On Feb. 5 a projected 145 million viewers will watch the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Seattle Seahawks square off in the fortieth Super Bowl. The league is in robust financial health: The franchises are flush, with an average annual operating income of $32 million per team. And last year the NFL signed television deals with Fox, CBS, NBC, ESPN and DirecTV that amount to $3.7 billion annually, a 53% increase over the last national broadcast deal.
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