Post by GrizzlyBear on Apr 18, 2022 5:48:20 GMT -6
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The renegade who took on the NFL (and the NBA and the NHL)
Ryan Hockensmith - April 15th, 2022
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The renegade who took on the NFL (and the NBA and the NHL)
Ryan Hockensmith - April 15th, 2022
ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, Gary Davidson sat down at a bar and noticed a giant man a few seats down staring at him. Like ... really staring at him. Dangerously staring at him. Davidson tried to nod his head in acknowledgment and leave it at that. But the guy wouldn't look away. Davidson was in his late 70s back then, still with a poof of blondish hair and the looks of a man 20 years younger.
"Are you Gary Davidson?" the guy asked. Davidson smiled his movie-star smile at the guy, the one that has always gotten him out of trouble.
The man's eyes never left him, though. Davidson was used to getting recognized -- he'd been a rabble-rousing, troublemaking entrepreneur for decades. But this was getting unsettling, especially since this guy looked like he could have pretzeled Davidson up and stuffed him in a beer mug.
"Yes, I am," Davidson said with some reluctance.
"You owe me f---ing money," the guy said.
Davidson sipped his drink for a few seconds, wondering if maybe he was going to need to head for the exit. The guy eventually gave him a pained smile, and the tension dissipated -- a little bit, anyway. The guy had been a member of the World Football League, the first great rival of the post-merger NFL in the early 1970s. And he was one of many large men roaming Earth who probably feel like Gary Davidson cost them a few bucks.
Davidson paid for the guy's tab, and they ended up reminiscing about the good old days of trying to take down the NFL. Many have tried in the past five decades, including the USFL reboot that kicks off this weekend. But the NFL has always retained its crown as the king of pro football, strengthening its hold every year for more than five decades now. Davidson doesn't remember the guy's name -- just that he told Davidson he'd finished playing football and had become a successful real estate broker. "No hard feelings," the guy said. "I'm glad we went for it. And besides, it gave me a bunch of good stories for the rest of my life."
"Are you Gary Davidson?" the guy asked. Davidson smiled his movie-star smile at the guy, the one that has always gotten him out of trouble.
The man's eyes never left him, though. Davidson was used to getting recognized -- he'd been a rabble-rousing, troublemaking entrepreneur for decades. But this was getting unsettling, especially since this guy looked like he could have pretzeled Davidson up and stuffed him in a beer mug.
"Yes, I am," Davidson said with some reluctance.
"You owe me f---ing money," the guy said.
Davidson sipped his drink for a few seconds, wondering if maybe he was going to need to head for the exit. The guy eventually gave him a pained smile, and the tension dissipated -- a little bit, anyway. The guy had been a member of the World Football League, the first great rival of the post-merger NFL in the early 1970s. And he was one of many large men roaming Earth who probably feel like Gary Davidson cost them a few bucks.
Davidson paid for the guy's tab, and they ended up reminiscing about the good old days of trying to take down the NFL. Many have tried in the past five decades, including the USFL reboot that kicks off this weekend. But the NFL has always retained its crown as the king of pro football, strengthening its hold every year for more than five decades now. Davidson doesn't remember the guy's name -- just that he told Davidson he'd finished playing football and had become a successful real estate broker. "No hard feelings," the guy said. "I'm glad we went for it. And besides, it gave me a bunch of good stories for the rest of my life."
Read the article.