Baseball and Home Television in the Early 50s

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When the very first NFL TV deals were signed, they would blackout all the home games because they would say, we need to fill the stadium. It would later take a presidential order from Richard Nixon to end the home blackouts and even then only if the home games were sold out with the blackout be lifted. But Ben, as you say in the 50s, these early television experiments are being run with sports and like it is pretty bad.

The NFL — it’s almost synonymous with America today. And its history is a fascinating lens to explore the nation’s development over the last 100 years, from WWII to TV and suburbs to the Internet and social media. What began as a quasi-illicit league in small midwestern towns is now the single largest media property in the world today by revenue. And whether you watch football or not, this is one incredible business story. Acquired is ready for some football — let’s kick this Season off right!

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