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The article features National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) executive director Robert Alan Eagleson. Aside from his seven-year tenure with the NHLPA, Eagleson serves as lawyer and financial adviser for active players in the association. He graduated from the University of Toronto Law School in 1957, formed the NHLPA in 1967, and is also involved in Canadian politics as provincial head of the Tories.

The article presents updates on the team included in the World Football League (WFL). Calvin Hill joined the Honolulu team for a three-year contract worth 500,000 U.S. dollars. Other players from the National Football League who are said to be joining WFL are Los Angeles Guard Tom Mack and Oakland Quarterback Daryle Lamonica, Atlanta Defensive End Claude Humphrey. Some of the clubs that lack star players are Philadelphia, Houston and Portland.

The article features the Dallas Cowboys organization comprising of coach Tom Landry, general manager Tex Schramm, director of personnel Gil Brandt and owner Clint Murchison. The success of the Cowboys is attributed to the continuous leadership provided by these officials since the team's inception in 1960. Records from the National Football League (NFL) cites the Cowboys as the team with the most wins for the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Other officials of the organization are mentioned.

This section offers news briefs pertaining to sports events in the U.S. Boxer Archie Moore issued a statement in "The San Diego Union" newspaper about the African American riots. Baseball Commissioner William Eckert plans to play some of the World Series baseball games at night. An ordinance has been passed in Virginia City, Nevada outlawing horseback riding on the streets of the municipality.

The article reports on the troubling negotiations and blockbuster agreements between agents and owners in professional sports such as the World Football League (WFL). It cites business representative Ed Keating who manages the Miami Dolphin football players Jim Kiick, Larry Csonka, and Paul Warfield. Accordingly, the stalwarts of the Dolphin dynasty are going to defect to the Toronto Northmen of the WFL season when their present contracts expire. It adds that the trio have signed a joint contract that totals more than 3 million dollars in salary, bonus money and benefits which equal three to four tunes more than they are getting from the Dolphins.

This section offers news briefs on U.S. baseball. Free-agent reliever Bruce Sutter became the higher-paid pitcher with a six-year, 9.6 million U.S. dollar-deal with Altanta super station WTBS of Ted Turner. Baseball owners voted to give commissioner Peter Ueberroth authority to negotiate with the super stations. Rickey Henderson moved to the Yankees for reliever Jay Howell and four prospects in an 8.5 million U.S. dollar contract with a no-trade clause.

The article offers information on Boston, Massachusetts-based young criminal lawyer Robert Woolf. In order to promote his legal profession, he agreed to help Red Sox Pitcher Earl Wilson negotiate his baseball contract. He has become the most successful of the new and growing breed of sport lawyer-managers. Woolf and his associates not only thrash out injury and waiver clauses but handle trades, drafts, taxes, bills, wills, movies, TV, endorsements, and investments.

The article discusses how the Seattle Mariners baseball team are changing their softball image after its owner George Argyros took control in February 1981. It describes Argyros' spare-no-expenses approach as he streamlined the management of the franchise and stopped spending on big-name free agents and signing top players to long-term, guaranteed contracts. Most of the baseball decisions were left to the Club's general manager Dan O'Brien although they clash over marketing strategy.

The article explores head-coaching shifts at the U.S. National Football League (NFL). These include Chuck Knox from Los Angeles to Buffalo, Monte Clark from San Francisco to Detroit, Jack Pardee from Chicago to Washington, and George Allen from Washington to Los Angeles. One coach, Don Coryell of St. Louis, is currently on hold. Since 1975, the NFL has hired 24 coaches, seven of which have already quit or have been terminated.

The article covers issues related to sports in the U.S. as of March 1976. Hockey player Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins team has a knee injury and may not be able to play in the 1976 season. It notes that a law directing all service academies to accept women has been signed into law by President Gerald Ford on October 8, 1975. The basketball team of Houghton Academy in New York has won against the Faith Christian Academy of Buffalo, New York.

The article examines the development and demise of the World Football League (WFL) in 1975. Philadelphia Bell quarterback King Corcoran believed that WFL is not a first-class operation due to the treatment the players received from the league. The author compares the WFL I and WFL II, noting that the first one was dishonest under the leadership of California lawyer Gary Davidson. He also mentions his observation on the defensive performance of teams during WFL II.

The article discusses an initiative to revive the World Football League (WFL) through the Hemmeter Plan. The financial format to save the WFL was proposed by Honolulu bank executive Chris Hemmeter during a meeting with owner-representatives from 11 cities in New York. Under the Hemmeter Plan, the WFL should be able to resolve its financial issues relating team expenses to its revenues with 42 percent of gate receipts and broadcasting income allotted to the players and coaches.