It’s getting harder to hide religious voices in NFL culture

Super Bowls create media storms, but many journalists and sports executives thought what happened in 1988 was totally out of bounds.

The establishment was shocked when players and coaches from Denver and Washington, D.C., held a prayer meeting on the eve of this NFL rite. The powers that be worried that 'fraternization' of this kind could damage this clash between gridiron warriors.

To make matters …