"If the NFL has no morals and no values, then Congress must find values for it," Burkman said in a statement. "We are losing our decency as a nation," he concluded.
Atlantic Wire reports Burkman's firm, Burkman Associates has been lauded as powerful but also written off as insignificant.
Certainly the truth lies somewhere in between.
The big question for Burkman now is, who will add their name to the bill.