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| | '''Defeat NFL monopoly''' devises way to overcome the biggest [[monopoly]] in sports or entertainment: the $150 billion [[NFL]]. Each of its 32 teams is worth nearly $5 billion, in part due to government subsidies. The [[Dallas Cowboys]] is estimated to be perhaps the most valuable of the NFL teams. | | '''Defeat NFL monopoly''' devises way to overcome the biggest [[monopoly]] in sports or entertainment: the $150 billion [[NFL]]. Each of its 32 teams is worth nearly $5 billion, in part due to government subsidies. The [[Dallas Cowboys]] is estimated to be perhaps the most valuable of the NFL teams. |
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| − | A new rival league could succeed by adhering to these 12 points: | + | A new rival league could succeed by adhering to these points: |
| | #Strong, attractive names for the league and its teams; not repulsive names like "Houston Gamblers" | | #Strong, attractive names for the league and its teams; not repulsive names like "Houston Gamblers" |
| | #Encourage [[chivalry]], such as [[Tim Tebow]]'s kneeling after success as medieval knights did | | #Encourage [[chivalry]], such as [[Tim Tebow]]'s kneeling after success as medieval knights did |
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| | #Criticize the NFL as a sham that panders to the [[liberal media]], loots the public for billionaires, and fails to showcase the top athlete, even excluding some | | #Criticize the NFL as a sham that panders to the [[liberal media]], loots the public for billionaires, and fails to showcase the top athlete, even excluding some |
| | #Do not disrupt [[Christmas]] by playing on that holy day, as the traditional NFL avoided doing in the 1960s and 1970s | | #Do not disrupt [[Christmas]] by playing on that holy day, as the traditional NFL avoided doing in the 1960s and 1970s |
| | + | #No [[sham `tryouts]], as the NFL wrongly and repeatedly did to [[Tim Tebow]] |
| | == History == | | == History == |
| | The acquisition in 1970 by the [[NFL]] of the more [[populist]] American Football League (AFL) formed the modern NFL monopoly that engages in [[tyranny]] today over players and the public. The merger was announced in 1966 but the merger of operations did not occur until 1970.<ref>https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nfl-and-afl-announce-merger</ref> | | The acquisition in 1970 by the [[NFL]] of the more [[populist]] American Football League (AFL) formed the modern NFL monopoly that engages in [[tyranny]] today over players and the public. The merger was announced in 1966 but the merger of operations did not occur until 1970.<ref>https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nfl-and-afl-announce-merger</ref> |