Richard Nixon, every mention
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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Richard Nixon comes up
The NFL: How small-town teams became America's most valuable sports empire (Audio) · Acquired
- ▶ 48:51 David Rosenthal It would later take a presidential order from Richard Nixon to end the home blackouts.
- ▶ 2:23:51 Ben Gilbert Nixon really, really, really likes watching the Redskins, but he's sick of taking the helicopter to Camp David to watch their away games, which he actually was doing, which is unbelievable.
- ▶ 2:24:02 David Rosenthal He was a nut.
- ▶ 2:24:03 David Rosenthal Nixon literally phoned in a play for a Redskins playoff game from the White House.
- ▶ 2:24:33 Ben Gilbert So, Nixon calls Pete Rozelle personally, the president, the sitting president of the United States, and says, hey,
- ▶ 2:24:58 Ben Gilbert So he says no to the sitting president.
- ▶ 2:25:01 Ben Gilbert And so then Nixon goes to Congress and says, will you please draft legislation which got known as the blackout ban?
- ▶ 2:25:08 Ben Gilbert Because Roselle denied the president, there is actually legislation that was passed in order to force the NFL's hand in broadcasting away games locally.
TSMC founder Morris Chang · Acquired
- ▶ 1:04:02 Morris Chang Actually, back in my mind, I was thinking of the time when Kissinger was Nixon's national security advisor, and somebody else whose name I have even forgotten was the Secretary of State.
Nike (Audio) · Acquired
- ▶ 1:42:24 David Rosenthal But as we were saying, Japan is coming up in the global economy, and right around this time, Nixon cuts the dollar pegged to the yen loose, and the yen starts floating against the dollar.