WWW. "Re sports programming, Ed suggested we find some kind of event that could draw viewers every winter. Like the World Series, only in the winter. Ed's new assistant [name?] said what about football--something between the NFL and the new league--the AFL? Bill laughed, said it would be a miracle if those rejects lasted more than a year or two."--Excerpt from American Broadcasting Company meeting notes, dated February 3, 1961, found in transfile box recovered from a New Jersey warehouse

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