"People need to think twice before they start tossing good money at horrible schemes aimed at bringing American professional sports to foreign countries. I speak from experience. I had all the necessary resources to successfully move my NFL team to Beirut in 1986 to compete in the Mideast conflict. Not only was it a public relations boondoggle, it was a financial disaster of catastrophic proportions.
“I had no idea of the prohibitive costs of outfitting an entire football team in combat gear and supplying them with the latest conventional military hardware, including pistols, submachine guns, assault rifles, grenade launchers, mortars, tanks, armored cars, anti-tank guided missiles and IEDs.
"On top of that, my team was engaging people on the field who didn't have a goddamn clue how to play football. They killed all the referees before the first half. Then they strafed the backfield, shot the punt returner, and decapitated our quarterback during a time out. My guys were lucky to get out of there with their signing bonuses intact."
--Al Jefferson-Davis, Former Owner, Confederate Raiders
Are you sure you didn’t accidentally join the Bush Brothers coalition of the willing league? In 1986, Portland, Oregon was hoping for an NFL expansion team and called Little Beirut. Perhaps you misheard the pitch?
"You could be right. Ever since they increased my Clozapine I haven't had much interest in thinking straight. I'm sure one of the nurses stole my watch. Did I mention the food in here would make a pig gag? Look! There goes one now! I like jam on my cornbread."
-- Chuck "Concrete Charlie" Bednarik, Author Of "Let's Hit One For The Gifford"
"People need to think twice before they start tossing good money at horrible schemes aimed at bringing American professional sports to foreign countries. I speak from experience. I had all the necessary resources to successfully move my NFL team to Beirut in 1986 to compete in the Mideast conflict. Not only was it a public relations boondoggle, it was a financial disaster of catastrophic proportions.
“I had no idea of the prohibitive costs of outfitting an entire football team in combat gear and supplying them with the latest conventional military hardware, including pistols, submachine guns, assault rifles, grenade launchers, mortars, tanks, armored cars, anti-tank guided missiles and IEDs.
"On top of that, my team was engaging people on the field who didn't have a goddamn clue how to play football. They killed all the referees before the first half. Then they strafed the backfield, shot the punt returner, and decapitated our quarterback during a time out. My guys were lucky to get out of there with their signing bonuses intact."
--Al Jefferson-Davis, Former Owner, Confederate Raiders
Are you sure you didn’t accidentally join the Bush Brothers coalition of the willing league? In 1986, Portland, Oregon was hoping for an NFL expansion team and called Little Beirut. Perhaps you misheard the pitch?
— Bud Clark, The Goose Hollow Ganders
"You could be right. Ever since they increased my Clozapine I haven't had much interest in thinking straight. I'm sure one of the nurses stole my watch. Did I mention the food in here would make a pig gag? Look! There goes one now! I like jam on my cornbread."
-- Chuck "Concrete Charlie" Bednarik, Author Of "Let's Hit One For The Gifford"