David Rosenthal

Oh, 50 million people watch this thing today.

I mean, we were watching YouTube videos and research of like Taylor Swift was at the NFL draft a few years ago when it was in Nashville.

Like it's a huge event.

It was actually the first big coup for ESPN when ESPN started in 1979 and 1980 was televising the NFL draft.

Genius.

So these two elements, stacking the schedule and then the reverse order amateur draft are

Formed the nucleus of Burt Bell and the NFL strategy that it's had ever since, which comes down to league first.

League first, team second.

So, as we said, the AAFC only operates for four years.

The Browns are too dominant.

The AAFC folds after four years.

Only three teams of the AFC's eight come over to the NFL.

The Browns, the 49ers, and the Baltimore Colts.

Here we are now.

It's the dawn of the 50s and television installed base is here.

So, TV set sales in America in 1946, the first year after the war, were 7,000 TV sets sold in America.

In 1947, there were 14,000 TV sets sold, so the market doubled.

In 1948, there were 172,000 television sets sold, and it only grew exponentially from there.

Oh, I love that you looked this up.

By this point in the early 50s, there are 25 million homes in America with a television set sold.