1944 Green Bay Packers Contract
I have an affinity for one-page contracts. Handshake agreements, however well intended, just don't work in business. The same way they don't work when your out-of-work buddy moves onto your couch for a couple weeks. People need boundaries.
Thick, bulletproof contracts on the other hand, are just plain hard to sign. Contracts mean big stuff is happening. Signing one should be an exercise of confidence – the exhilarating kickoff of a grand new adventure – not a frightening leap into an abyss of legalese.
One page. Simple guidelines. Two men agreeing to make each other's lives better. That, my friends is the meat (hey, it's the Packers) of this 1944 contract and letter sent from Earl "Curly" Lambeau to Mr. Ed McGroarty asking him to play smash mouth for Green Bay.
