SPH-M 333 Exam 3 correctly answered
to pass
The Greatest Game - correct answer ✔✔-December 28, 1958
-Yankee Stadium 64,185 attendance
-14-3 Colts at halftime, 17-14 Giants with 2 minutes left, Colts tied game.
-First 2 minute drive by Johnny Unitas
-First NFL Championship to be settled with OT (most players did not know the
rule)
-Some players wanted to split the money with a tie for $3.400
-Colts won 23-17
First Televised sporting event - correct answer ✔✔-Columbia vs. Princeton
baseball game.
-Ball could hardly be followed
Baseball Policy that allowed teams to develop local markets with TV stations and
generate revenue - correct answer ✔✔-1950
-NY led the way
-Baseball TV ratings soared but attendance fell
, Pro Football - correct answer ✔✔-Was established in 1920 cohesive in 1945 w/
Bert Bell
-AAFL in competition with NFL - Cleveland Browns
Paul Brown - correct answer ✔✔-Paul Brown estb. bought money and innovation.
-Playbook and game film were used to study opponents
-He took over play-calling from the QB
-He put coaches in press box with sideline coaches using phones
-First to hire full-time assistant coaches to work year round.
-NFL agree to a merger - Browns abolish Eagles
AFL/NFL - correct answer ✔✔-AFL challeneges NFL.
-Merged to AFC and NFC
-Pete Rozelle becomes commissioner - stayed in position from 1960-1989
TV Football rights - correct answer ✔✔-NBC 10.75 million
-ABC 13.2 million
-CBS 14.1 million
Roone Arledge - correct answer ✔✔-Instructed cameras to capture sight/sound
-ABC wide world of sports - "The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat"
weekend sports show.
to pass
The Greatest Game - correct answer ✔✔-December 28, 1958
-Yankee Stadium 64,185 attendance
-14-3 Colts at halftime, 17-14 Giants with 2 minutes left, Colts tied game.
-First 2 minute drive by Johnny Unitas
-First NFL Championship to be settled with OT (most players did not know the
rule)
-Some players wanted to split the money with a tie for $3.400
-Colts won 23-17
First Televised sporting event - correct answer ✔✔-Columbia vs. Princeton
baseball game.
-Ball could hardly be followed
Baseball Policy that allowed teams to develop local markets with TV stations and
generate revenue - correct answer ✔✔-1950
-NY led the way
-Baseball TV ratings soared but attendance fell
, Pro Football - correct answer ✔✔-Was established in 1920 cohesive in 1945 w/
Bert Bell
-AAFL in competition with NFL - Cleveland Browns
Paul Brown - correct answer ✔✔-Paul Brown estb. bought money and innovation.
-Playbook and game film were used to study opponents
-He took over play-calling from the QB
-He put coaches in press box with sideline coaches using phones
-First to hire full-time assistant coaches to work year round.
-NFL agree to a merger - Browns abolish Eagles
AFL/NFL - correct answer ✔✔-AFL challeneges NFL.
-Merged to AFC and NFC
-Pete Rozelle becomes commissioner - stayed in position from 1960-1989
TV Football rights - correct answer ✔✔-NBC 10.75 million
-ABC 13.2 million
-CBS 14.1 million
Roone Arledge - correct answer ✔✔-Instructed cameras to capture sight/sound
-ABC wide world of sports - "The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat"
weekend sports show.
