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rsdsharp

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4. Trump owned the New Jersey Generals in the USFL in the 80s.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Mon Jan 15, 2024, 04:49 PM

Jan 2024

He convinced the other owners they should play in the fall, and sue the NFL for antitrust violations. The billion dollars or so the would get in damages would allow them to make the switch, and compete until the NFL agreed to a merger.

It didn’t work. The USFL won — $1, which was trebled to $3. Pete Rozelle’s (NFL Commissioner) son took out his wallet in the courtroom and offered to pay right then. The USFL folded, and Trump never got his NFL franchise, which was his goal all along.

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