a thorough article by Richard Sandomir in the New York Times <\/a>reports. And the league has warned him not to show the tape without permission.<\/p>\nFor those unfamiliar with those good old days, both NBC, which aired AFL games, and CBS, which broadcast the NFL, televised the first Super Bowl, which wasn\u2019t that big of a deal at the time. There were thousands of empty seats in the L.A. Coliseum, and the game, billed as the NFL-AFL championship game, was more of a curious after-thought than a World Series. The halftime show did feature trumpeter Al Hirt, the bands from the University of Arizona and Grambling, and some guys flying around with rocket packs on their backs.<\/p>\n
The Packers already had won the NFL title, which was huge. And while I was a big fan of the AFL\u2019s high-scoring fun games, I didn\u2019t think they were up to NFL standards–nor did I want them to be, out of a childish loyalty to the Bears and their league.<\/p>\n
And so, I thought it would be very interesting to see how the original broadcast showed this uncertain drama.<\/p>\n
Instead, we got guys in the studio not adding much.<\/p>\n
Honestly, I only watched the first half of what the NFL Network had pieced together. The NFL Network, which does a lot of strong programming, appears to have been caught in the middle on this one. This was not the showing of the inaugural Super Bowl that I was interested to see.<\/p>\n
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THE PLOT THICKENS<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s where this really gets weird: If you go to Youtube,<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UckVgXhQKQo<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
there’s a 2-hour and 42-minute version of the NBC telecast. It has a lot of freeze-frame moments\u2014at first I thought it was my internet connection\u2014where still photos are\u00a0shown while the audio continues. But this version shows the plays just fine, and it gives a good feel for Super Bowl I and the way it was originally broadcast on Jan. 15, 1967.<\/p>\n
As one of the Youtube commenters said, “This is actually better than what the NFL Network showed.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
I had the same thought even before I saw the comment.<\/p>\n
The audio features the legendary Jim Simpson, who did the NBC Radio feed that day. Simpson, who was NBC\u2019s No. 2 play-by-play guy on AFL games, does a very clean and clear job. (Simpson died on Jan. 13 at \u00a088.) It’s gavel-to-gavel, right down to the post-game locker room. Even if it is the radio broadcast, it shows the plays being run.<\/p>\n
This Youtube reconstruction makes the dispute over the CBS tape, which has been going on for more than a decade, even harder to fathom. The man, Troy Haupt, 47, originally asked for $1 million for the tape, based on a Sports Illustrated estimate of its worth. The NFL, which makes a lot more than that on one Super Bowl commercial, countered with an offer of $30,000\u2014and refused to negotiate, the Times article said.<\/p>\n
The Times quoted Haupt as offering to make a deal that would benefit charities.<\/p>\n
Still, no deal.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s up with that, NFL?<\/p>\n
The league screws up far more important things than this, no question. But if you want the tape, make a deal. If you don’t, let it be shown.\u00a0What really is the point of holding a Super Bowl I tape hostage?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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