The original team owner developed the concept of the modern player draft (having teams select college players in the inverse order of their finish the prior year), which increased fan interest by guaranteeing that poor teams would have a chance to obtain high-level talent, and thus improve. The idea was due to the past eight years having (with one exception) the league title won by only three franchises: the northeastern rival [[New York Giants]] and the Midwestern powerhouse duopoly of the [[Chicago Bears]] and the [[Green Bay Packers]]. | The original team owner developed the concept of the modern player draft (having teams select college players in the inverse order of their finish the prior year), which increased fan interest by guaranteeing that poor teams would have a chance to obtain high-level talent, and thus improve. The idea was due to the past eight years having (with one exception) the league title won by only three franchises: the northeastern rival [[New York Giants]] and the Midwestern powerhouse duopoly of the [[Chicago Bears]] and the [[Green Bay Packers]]. |