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usonian

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3. He was denied an NFL franchise.

Fri Apr 25, 2025, 08:36 PM

Yesterday

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-nfl-lawsuit/

Same old asshole.

As owner of the New Jersey Generals USFL team in the 1980s, Trump was a driving force behind an antitrust lawsuit against the NFL (for $1.2 billion) that was successful but won only $3.76 in damages, effectively putting an end to the upstart league.

--- Halftime ---

Mr. Trump," Rozelle told him, according to Schupak, "as long as I or any of my heirs are involved in the NFL, you will never be a franchise owner in the league."

The meeting ended shortly thereafter. Not surprisingly, Trump remembered the meeting very differently, in testimony he gave in 1984 during the USFL's antitrust case against the NFL. Trump told jurors that Rozelle promised him an NFL franchise.

He did not get one. Donald Trump was never a franchise owner in the NFL.

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