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Video Reflection Assignment #2

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Assignment Overview:

The 1960s was a decade that ushered in the strongest business competitor for the National Football League, that being the newly formed American Football League.  NFL owners had to make a crucial decision, continue to compete for business or allow this underdog, yet growing league (AFL), to join the prestigious and exclusive NFL.

For this video reflection, watch the NFL’s “The Timeline: The Merger” (2015), and complete the assignment requirements listed below.

Items to Address:

12-point, Times New Roman font, double-spaced Word document.

  • One-full page summarization of the video.
  • One-full page of your thoughts on the material, and highlight any interesting/newly learned information from the video.
  • Your two-full pagesof written work does not include the space from your NAME, LESM152, DATE, etc, or space where you provide your answers to the assignment questions.
  • Answer the five questions listed below.
  • Please number your answers in red, following your 2-full pages of reflection (e.g., the third page of your word doc)
  1. With tensions growing between the NFL and AFL, what television deals were made in Janaury of 1964 that only fueled the pocket books of the two leagues? (1-2 complete sentences)
  2. The original AFL team, the Dallas Texans, are better know as what NFL team today? (1 complete sentence)
  3. NFL Commission Pete Roselle wanted an equal balance between the newly formed NFC and AFC conferences.  What was the problem between ownership groups and how was this issue resolved? (3-4 complete sentences)
  4. What were “Broadway” Joe Namath ‘s feelings about doing a photoshoot in New York City, which landed him a spot on the cover of Sports Illustrated Magazine? (1 complete sentence)
  5. From a team without a home in 1960, to the most dominant team of the 21st century, Patriots owner, Robert Kraft, gets emotional for what reasons, when viewing the miniature model of Gillette Stadium? (2-3 complete sentences)

Submit your assignment as a Word document, and please understand that grammar and spelling are graded for this assignment.

Due Date:

This reflection assignment which is worth 25 points, is to be written in your own words, and is due no later than Monday, November 14th at 11:59pm.