The NFL Fought Donald Trump's Bullying 30 Years Ago and Won. Should It Do It Again?

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

FYI you need some personal content or the mods will lock it.

Thanks for the heads up. I thought about that right before I hit the submit button but have been having "Bad Gateway" issues since last night.

 

[Meathead]

The NFL Fought Donald Trump's Bullying 30 Years Ago and Won. Should It Do It Again?​

Back in the mid-1980s, people who worked with Donald Trump didn’t write anonymous op-eds for the New York Times to criticize his workplace habits. They sent letters right to the source.

“While others may be able to let your insensitive and denigrating comments pass, I no longer will,” wrote John Bassett, owner of the Tampa Bay Bandits — a United States Football League (USFL) team — in an August 16, 1984 letter to Trump. Bassett had begun his missive complimenting Trump, owner of the USFL’s New Jersey Generals, for his contributions to the fledgling league and stewardship of the Generals. Then he lights into the future 45th president of United States. “You are bigger, younger, and stronger than I, which means I’ll have no regrets whatsoever punching you right in the mouth the next time an instance occurs where you personally scorn me, or anyone else, who does not happen to salute and dance to your tune,” Bassett writes. “I really hope you don’t know you are doing it, but you are not only damaging yourself with your associates, but alienating them as well.”

Author Jeff Pearlman includes Bassett’s missive at the front of his engrossing, eerily relevant new book, Football For A Buck, which chronicles the life and death of the USFL, an upstart operation that offered pro football in the spring from 1983 through 1985. The USFL suspended operations after Trump led a charge to move the schedule to the fall and compete head-to-head with the mighty NFL.

According to Football For A Buck, Trump’s reportedly erratic and self-serving behavior in office, highlighted recently in Bob Woodward’s new book Fear and the Times op-ed from an unnamed senior administration official, was foreshadowed by his tenure in the USFL. He fudged facts, for example declaring that former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle told him that he wished Trump had bought the NFL’s Baltimore Colts. Rozelle testified in court that he never said such a thing: in fact, according to Pearlman’s reporting, Rozelle told Trump in a meeting “Mr. Trump, as long as I or my heirs are involved in the NFL, you will never be a franchise owner in the league.”​

So, instead of becoming an NFL franchise owner, Trump became the president of the United States. The NFL really showed him, huh?

Actually the NFL showed US. But apparently just-barely enough people weren't listening.

Not long after this $3.76 windfall, some other investors in Atlantic City made the same mistake. "Those who ignore history...."

The NFL showed us that Trump has vanquished all before him. I get that it upsets you, but I think you are being pretty thin-skinned about it.

Oh and do tell us how he "vanquished" Eastern Airlines by flying them into the ground and how he "vanquished" Atlantic City by ridding it of those pesky casinos and how he "vanquished" the Sharper Image by relieving them of the dubious decision to sell Rump Steaks, and how he "vanquished" Expedia with his Go Rump travel site and how he "vanquished" a vitamin company that made you send in your pee. I think we've already covered how he "vanquished" considerable personal saving with Fraud University and its motto "you don't sell products, benefits or solutions -- you sell feelings".

Feelings..... nothing more than feelings......

Feelings.... woe woe woe feelings....

Trump vanquished both political parties and two political dynasties. He's also vanquished MSM, Hollywood, Academia, Obama's legacy, ISIS, the Deep State and the rest of the swamp. The NFL is peanuts in the range of things; a historical footnote,

 

[Frankeneinstein]

Ah so THAT's your angle.

If you consider the NFL having to write an enormous check for damages, yes the NFL "lost":

No, just the judges ruling as to who won which proves the OP claim is bogus/fake news

 

[Frankeneinstein]

Trump was hoping to leverage a big settlement with the NFL allowing the NJ Generals into the league and screw the rest of the USFL

The philadelphia eagles tried to beat the patriots 100-0 in last years super bowl...who won? it's bogus/fake news bro, trump won and as this thread proves, has left the liberals torturing both the language and the truth trying to explain it.

 

[Pogo]

The NFL Fought Donald Trump's Bullying 30 Years Ago and Won. Should It Do It Again?​

Back in the mid-1980s, people who worked with Donald Trump didn’t write anonymous op-eds for the New York Times to criticize his workplace habits. They sent letters right to the source.

“While others may be able to let your insensitive and denigrating comments pass, I no longer will,” wrote John Bassett, owner of the Tampa Bay Bandits — a United States Football League (USFL) team — in an August 16, 1984 letter to Trump. Bassett had begun his missive complimenting Trump, owner of the USFL’s New Jersey Generals, for his contributions to the fledgling league and stewardship of the Generals. Then he lights into the future 45th president of United States. “You are bigger, younger, and stronger than I, which means I’ll have no regrets whatsoever punching you right in the mouth the next time an instance occurs where you personally scorn me, or anyone else, who does not happen to salute and dance to your tune,” Bassett writes. “I really hope you don’t know you are doing it, but you are not only damaging yourself with your associates, but alienating them as well.”

Author Jeff Pearlman includes Bassett’s missive at the front of his engrossing, eerily relevant new book, Football For A Buck, which chronicles the life and death of the USFL, an upstart operation that offered pro football in the spring from 1983 through 1985. The USFL suspended operations after Trump led a charge to move the schedule to the fall and compete head-to-head with the mighty NFL.

According to Football For A Buck, Trump’s reportedly erratic and self-serving behavior in office, highlighted recently in Bob Woodward’s new book Fear and the Times op-ed from an unnamed senior administration official, was foreshadowed by his tenure in the USFL. He fudged facts, for example declaring that former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle told him that he wished Trump had bought the NFL’s Baltimore Colts. Rozelle testified in court that he never said such a thing: in fact, according to Pearlman’s reporting, Rozelle told Trump in a meeting “Mr. Trump, as long as I or my heirs are involved in the NFL, you will never be a franchise owner in the league.”​

So, instead of becoming an NFL franchise owner, Trump became the president of the United States. The NFL really showed him, huh?

Actually the NFL showed US. But apparently just-barely enough people weren't listening.

Not long after this $3.76 windfall, some other investors in Atlantic City made the same mistake. "Those who ignore history...."

The NFL showed us that Trump has vanquished all before him. I get that it upsets you, but I think you are being pretty thin-skinned about it.

Oh and do tell us how he "vanquished" Eastern Airlines by flying them into the ground and how he "vanquished" Atlantic City by ridding it of those pesky casinos and how he "vanquished" the Sharper Image by relieving them of the dubious decision to sell Rump Steaks, and how he "vanquished" Expedia with his Go Rump travel site and how he "vanquished" a vitamin company that made you send in your pee. I think we've already covered how he "vanquished" considerable personal saving with Fraud University and its motto "you don't sell products, benefits or solutions -- you sell feelings".

Feelings..... nothing more than feelings......

Feelings.... woe woe woe feelings....

Trump vanquished both political parties and two political dynasties. He's also vanquished MSM, Hollywood, Academia, Obama's legacy, ISIS, the Deep State and the rest of the swamp. The NFL is peanuts in the range of things; a historical footnote,

So now you're crying "OK he didn't vanquish the NFL but it doesn't matter anyway"

What Rump vanquished was decorum, ethics, Presidentiality, good taste, civility, bipartisanship, logic, reality, truth, respect, discourse, basic mores of incest and pedophilia, history, honesty, hope, domestic tranquility, the international reputation of the United States, diplomacy, his own staff, his own family, his own office, his own skin color, any concept of discipline on Twitter, any concept of discipline at all, the respect of the military, the respect of the rest of the world, relations with Canada, relations with Mexico, any shred of character whatsoever, and of course the bank accounts of those who invested in Fraud University, those invested in Atlantic City, those invested in the USFL, etc etc etc we already did that.

But up there your amusing laundry list raises a couple of guffaws: If Rump "vanquished ISIS" then who the fuck were those terrorists who murdered the bicyclists in Asia a few weeks back? If he "vanquished the swamp" who the fuck let all these swamp creatures in? And why the fuck would you want ANYONE ANYWHERE to "vanquish Academia"? That's what Hitler tried to do. Ditto for "vanquishing media".

OOopsie. Freudian slip huh.

 

[Dan Stubbs]

The NFL Fought Donald Trump's Bullying 30 Years Ago and Won. Should It Do It Again?​

Back in the mid-1980s, people who worked with Donald Trump didn’t write anonymous op-eds for the New York Times to criticize his workplace habits. They sent letters right to the source.

“While others may be able to let your insensitive and denigrating comments pass, I no longer will,” wrote John Bassett, owner of the Tampa Bay Bandits — a United States Football League (USFL) team — in an August 16, 1984 letter to Trump. Bassett had begun his missive complimenting Trump, owner of the USFL’s New Jersey Generals, for his contributions to the fledgling league and stewardship of the Generals. Then he lights into the future 45th president of United States. “You are bigger, younger, and stronger than I, which means I’ll have no regrets whatsoever punching you right in the mouth the next time an instance occurs where you personally scorn me, or anyone else, who does not happen to salute and dance to your tune,” Bassett writes. “I really hope you don’t know you are doing it, but you are not only damaging yourself with your associates, but alienating them as well.”

Author Jeff Pearlman includes Bassett’s missive at the front of his engrossing, eerily relevant new book, Football For A Buck, which chronicles the life and death of the USFL, an upstart operation that offered pro football in the spring from 1983 through 1985. The USFL suspended operations after Trump led a charge to move the schedule to the fall and compete head-to-head with the mighty NFL.

According to Football For A Buck, Trump’s reportedly erratic and self-serving behavior in office, highlighted recently in Bob Woodward’s new book Fear and the Times op-ed from an unnamed senior administration official, was foreshadowed by his tenure in the USFL. He fudged facts, for example declaring that former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle told him that he wished Trump had bought the NFL’s Baltimore Colts. Rozelle testified in court that he never said such a thing: in fact, according to Pearlman’s reporting, Rozelle told Trump in a meeting “Mr. Trump, as long as I or my heirs are involved in the NFL, you will never be a franchise owner in the league.”​

I have quit watching the NFL (National Felon Leage) and I have taken up and really enjoy the school football games. GO TIDE

 

[ABikerSailor]

They certainly shouldn't submit to the dotard but the much bigger issue for them is solving the CTE problem.

How is "CTE" a big problem?

It's not contagious.

You're right, it's not contagious in the traditional sense, but it is rather rampant among players in the NFL. You can't take repeated blows to the skull without some kind of damage happening.

 

[Pogo]

FYI you need some personal content or the mods will lock it.

Thanks for the heads up. I thought about that right before I hit the submit button but have been having "Bad Gateway" issues since last night.

Those errors have been rampant all day. I suspect it's keeping the site administrators busy.

If your thread gets closed for that reason I'll re-create it, if you don't. It's a worthy thread. Thanks for starting it.

 

[Frankeneinstein]

Those errors have been rampant all day. I suspect it's keeping the site administrators busy.

Do you know why those errors were occurring?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

They certainly shouldn't submit to the dotard but the much bigger issue for them is solving the CTE problem.

Being as the complainers are black, how would anyone know whether their problems are caused by CTE or not?

 

[ABikerSailor]

They certainly shouldn't submit to the dotard but the much bigger issue for them is solving the CTE problem.

Being as the complainers are black, how would anyone know whether their problems are caused by CTE or not?

A lot of them donated their brains to science after their deaths, and when they were dissected, they were able to see the concrete results of CTE.

 

[Pogo]

Those errors have been rampant all day. I suspect it's keeping the site administrators busy.

Do you know why those errors were occurring?

Server issues. It's been happening frequently the last few weeks.

 

[Frankeneinstein]

Server issues. It's been happening frequently the last few weeks.

Nothing to do with the storm?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

They certainly shouldn't submit to the dotard but the much bigger issue for them is solving the CTE problem.

Being as the complainers are black, how would anyone know whether their problems are caused by CTE or not?

A lot of them donated their brains to science after their deaths, and when they were dissected, they were able to see the concrete results of CTE.

So they figure it out after they are dead. Makes sense since you can't tell while they are alive.

 

[Pogo]

Server issues. It's been happening frequently the last few weeks.

Nothing to do with the storm?

No. It's the server unable to keep up with traffic. Shouldn't happen in prime hours but it's been an issue since well before the storm, besides which USMB's servers aren't necessarily anywhere near the storm. I don't know where they are, could be anywhere.

If you're up at 4 or 5 in the morning (Eastern) you'll get "502 Bad Gateway" sometimes while the site does maintenance. They do it then deliberately as that's the lowest traffic time of day. Normally that's the only time we'll see it but lately it's been happening so obviously they're still having issues.

 

[Frankeneinstein]

If you're up at 4 or 5 in the morning (Eastern) you'll get "502 Bad Gateway"

aaahhhh very helpful as that has happened many times to me around 4am...thanks

 

[Wyatt earp]

FYI you need some personal content or the mods will lock it.

Thanks for the heads up. I thought about that right before I hit the submit button but have been having "Bad Gateway" issues since last night.

You're welcome, your a good for the most part a non partisian new poster and don't want to see you get discouraged or anything...


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[Pogo]

I see the lefties are running away from the fake news/bogus claim that the nfl won...You're welcome

Also as far as "the NFL won or lost" ---- read the thread title.

What did the NFL do 30 years ago? "Fought Rump's bullying". And clearly it DID win.

 

[Frankeneinstein]

I see the lefties are running away from the fake news/bogus claim that the nfl won...You're welcome

Also as far as "the NFL won or lost" ---- read the thread title.

What did the NFL do 30 years ago? "Fought Rump's bullying". And clearly it DID win.

I assumed it was the court fight, especially since your post referenced the check, if you have a link I'll read it. [provided it is not the entire court documents, lol]

 

[Pogo]

I see the lefties are running away from the fake news/bogus claim that the nfl won...You're welcome

Also as far as "the NFL won or lost" ---- read the thread title.

What did the NFL do 30 years ago? "Fought Rump's bullying". And clearly it DID win.

I assumed it was the court fight, especially since your post referenced the check, if you have a link I'll read it. [provided it is not the entire court documents, lol]

It's easy to assume that. I made the same assumption for a while. But the title qualifies itself as "fought bullying" --- which it did, successfully.