Acquired Podcast on the NFL (with Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal)

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal (Acquired) are hosts of the critically acclaimed podcast covering business history and strategy. Ben and David join the Armchair Expert on this special Super Bowl episode to discuss the metric of being right more often but having less fun, how the Super Bowl is the best weekend for a wedding, Disneyland, and Costco, and how LA refused to participate in early games due to segregation. David, Ben, and Dax talk about Teddy Roosevelt starting the NCAA in 1905 to prevent football fatalities, JFK passing antitrust legislation for televising football, and how the NFL uniquely collectivizes resources so all teams get equally distributed resources from league-wide television deals. Ben and David explain the breakdown of the gentleman’s agreement between the AFL and NFL to not poach players, how the formation of the NFL compares to the founding of the United States, and why Monday Night Football revolutionized modern television.

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0:13.7	Welcome, welcome, welcome to ourmchair expert, experts on expert.
0:16.9	Hi, Monica.
0:17.9	Hi, Aaron Weekly.
0:19.1	Hi.
0:19.5	We have a really fun and special episode. We love, and you've
0:24.6	probably heard us talk many times about Acquired, one of our favorite podcasts. They do these
0:29.5	incredible deep dives into different companies, the history of the companies, their finances,
0:34.5	everything. And the Super Bowl is upon us. That's right. And so I thought it was your
0:41.1	idea. I was about to say you had a great idea. Well, I had the idea to bring them in to do this.
0:44.4	You did. And then they had the idea. What about the NFL? Which, what timing? So we're going to
0:49.1	learn the history and the finances of the NFL. And it you, I need you to give me a testimonial. It's so much more
0:55.1	interesting than probably anyone would expect, right? It's so interesting. I don't care about
1:00.0	NFL. When they suggested it, I thought that's a good idea for timing, but I don't, I'm not the,
1:07.2	I wanted the row. Sure. But you know what? It was so fantastic.
1:11.5	And I was talking about it all night at your party.
1:14.6	Acquired is hosted by Ben Gilbert and Dave in Rosenthal.
1:17.3	Please, if you like this, check out Acquired.
1:19.6	There is certainly a business that will interest you.
1:23.2	Costco.
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