David Rosenthal
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In literally one of the most incredible unforced errors of all time, the NFL fires the first shot in the new war as soon as Davis takes over.
They go over and they poach a veteran from the Bills in the AFL.
Once this happens, though, the other NFL owners are just...
apoplectic at Giants owner Wellington Mara.
They're like, you're throwing this all away over a kicker.
So the owner of the Colts, the quote, God damn it, Mara, if you wanted a kicker, why didn't you just ask me?
So Davis gets the news that the gentleman's agreement has been broken and the kicker has been signed.
The kicker signing heard around the world while he happens to be literally in the middle of meeting with the bill's owner.
Supposedly Davis, he just sits there in his chair and he leans back and he smiles and he says, well, we just got our merger.
The Bills owner is like, what are you talking about?
And Davis says, because now we're going to go out and sign all of their players and we will destroy them and they will come begging to the table.
That night, the New York Times asks Davis for his comment on all this, which, by the way, you couldn't design better drama, especially during the NFL offseason to keep America interested in football.
The New York Times asks Davis to comment, and he responds, quote, This is something I've been aware of, and I anticipated the probability.