Note: A version of this piece first appeared in the Super Bowl LI edition of Mort & Schefter's Notebook.
If the antagonists of former commissioner Paul Tagliabue want to add concussions to the reasons he should not be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, they might as well blame Pete Rozelle for an unfettered steroids era that might have also contributed to the concussion crisis.
Rozelle is deservedly cited as the greatest commissioner in sports history. He certainly was deserving of his enshrinement into the Hall of Fame. So is Tagliabue, who has met resistance from voters since he retired in 2006.