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The NFL: How small-town teams became America's most valuable sports empire (Audio) · Acquired
- ▶ 23:24 David Rosenthal Unfortunately, in the mid-thirties, supposedly after George Preston Marshall comes into the league as owner of the Boston Braves that became the Boston Redskins and then moved to Washington, D.C., at his behest, they adopt
- ▶ 24:08 Ben Gilbert Because he was racist, and also because he realized he would probably lose a lot of his fan base who were also racist by integrating his team, which is, like, a horrible thing that it was a strategic advantage for him to get that fan base…