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no_hypocrisy

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3. Kind of like how TSF tried to take over the NFL by creating his own football league?
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 03:49 AM
Aug 17

Starting in the 1980s, Trump has tried on numerous occasions to become an owner of an NFL team, though he has never succeeded in his bids. In the mid-1980s, Trump became the team owner of the New Jersey Generals in the rival United States Football League (USFL) and led the league in a lawsuit against the NFL to attempt to force a merger. The USFL won a pyrrhic victory in the lawsuit, though without a merger or a substantial financial victory. Trump's actions have been widely seen as a major factor in the dissolution of the USFL shortly thereafter. During his first presidency, Trump called for a boycott of the NFL over the U.S. national anthem kneeling protests that many players were participating in, with some analysts viewing Trump's comments as part of his continued feud with the NFL.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_American_football

or LIV (Golf) competing with the PGA?
LIV Golf-PGA Tour marriage looks like it will never walk down the aisle

Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mac-engel/article311702316.html#storylink=cpy

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