Rockefeller family and the NFL

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Paul Tagliabue has two children: a son, Andrew Philip, born in 1969, and a daughter, Emily Elizabeth, born in 1972. In 1996, Emily joined the prominent Rockefeller family by marrying Jamie Rockefeller, the son of Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV).

Mr. and Mrs. Tagliabue were honored by PFLAG for their help with PFLAG's Stay Close campaign, working with such celebrities as Ben Affleck, Rosario Dawson, and Cyndi Lauper. Their son, Drew, is gay.

Roger Goodell was born in Jamestown, New York and is the son of the late United States Senator Charles Goodell (R-NY).

On September 10, 1968, Charles Goodell was appointed by the governor of New York, Nelson Rockefeller, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the unexpired term of the assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy and served from September 10, 1968, to January 3, 1971.
 

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The NFL is an important part of the political and economic establishment. Some may guffaw and say it's "just a sport," but anything that has become, to useMarx's phrase, the "opiate of the masses" has lots of power and influence.
 
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