Evidence receipt / prediction
Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: prediction
30 Sept 2020 Acquired The NBA
“He didn’t create it, but in 1905—I’m dead serious here—Teddy Roosevelt pressured colleges to create the NCAA to regulate football because too many people were getting hurt and dying playing football.”
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- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Attribution
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- Claim type
- prediction
- Recorded
- 30 Sept 2020
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- The NBA
Transcript context
…This episode is longer than the NBA Playoffs. Yes, it is. I found out the history of the NCAA. Teddy Roosevelt was actually the one. He didn’t create it, but in 1905—I’m dead serious here—Teddy Roosevelt pressured colleges to create the NCAA to regulate football because too many people were getting hurt and dying playing football. That’s the origins of it. In my mind, it’s the most awful, corrupt, worst organization out there. It’s so ridiculous. These college athletes are professional athletes, full stop. They are being monetized, their labor is being exploited. When do we get to find one of these things we disagree on? Because we’re just straight up in the same boat over and over and over again on these.…
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