Bernie Parrish

They Call It a Game: Shoulders the Nfl Stands on Bernie Parrish

This is the book the NFL thought they had buried!

Bernie ParrishÂ?s account of the 1964 World Championship Â? the last time the Cleveland Browns won it all Â? is an unauthorized history of the NFL by a most unconventional player. The most controversial sports book ever written, this bestselling book was the first to expose the NFL owners symbiotic relationships and connections with Organized Crime and illegal gambling. The only thing thatÂ?s changed since its original publication are the dollar figures involved Â?now theyÂ?re exponentially bigger!

Â?Eight years of playing and nine years of activity in the players union have convinced (Parrish) that the hierarchy of the NFL is a basket of snakes. As St. Patrick swept Ireland clean of wriggly reptiles by flinging his bell at them, so Parrish hopes to change the leadership of the league by brazen clangor of a no-holds-barred book, They Call It A Game.Â? -- Life Magazine

A national bestseller and a Literary Guild Book of the Month Club selection.