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Originally Posted by brdempsey69
Total BS. The competition in the AFL through its 10-year history was as good as any football fan ever saw.
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I worked in Broncos Media Relations a couple years, and KOA Radio after that. I'm glad you liked the competition, but the consensus of those who were there was a little different. Chiefs had a guy named Jim Carr - I think Carr in media relations. He wasn't there, too young, but he told some funny stories ... good stories, not sad ones, just VERY different than the modern NFL.
And yes, Wismer basically went broke waiting for Shea Stadium to open. But Sonny Werblin had plenty'o'cash ...
And what on God's green earth makes you think you can just "look up" whether the Broncos ownership was fiscally healthy or not? Geez, dempsey ... get real. Besides, your own Lamar Hunt confirmed that for me in his book. He'd confirm it for you too if you read it. Lamar Hunt was a great man, and it was a miracle Gerry and Allan Phipps nursed this franchise all the way to merger.
I wonder dempsey, if we weren't dirt poor, would we have an assistant coach, who retired as a player 7 years earlier, suit up at halftime of Week 1, Year 1 because our quarterback sucked? He quarterbacked us for three years. He's all we could afford. And if we weren't dirt poor, would we have bought USED UNIFORMS?! Ugly ones too .....
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Oh well ... from the poorest team in football to the richest team in football. Took just 63 years it's 😁
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Guess who the second richest team is? Go ahead, guess?)