"Sportfolio" On Bloomberg TV Looks At The Business of Sports Perfection This Week
With the Super Bowl here, "The Value of Perfection" examines the achievement and legacy of the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins and what the only perfect season still means in sports business
Few team accomplishments in sports possess the enduring mystique of the 1972 Dolphins, who won all 14 regular season games and three playoff games to finish the season as the only undefeated Super Bowl champions in NFL history. Sportfolio host Rick Horrow joined the surviving players and coaches from that team at their recent 40th Reunion gathering to discuss the immediate and long-term rewards they reaped as a result of that singular achievement;
Horrow interviews 1972 players Larry Csonka, Nick Buoniconti, Bob Griese, Garo Yepremian, Dick Anderson, and Super Bowl VII MVP Jake Scott, as well as Head Coach Don Shula and Offensive Coordinator Howard Schnellenberger, about the leadership that turned the Dolphins from a floundering expansion franchise into a powerhouse. While the endorsement opportunities that followed the perfect season were limited, several players used it as a platform to establish successful post-football careers. Owner Steve Ross speaks frankly about how the perfect season still inspires his organization, while increasing the pressure to produce a winner for the current fan base.
QUOTES:
Nick Buoniconti on Shula's leadership:
"He was almost like a preacher. And everybody just bought into him saying that, "You guys want rewards? Well, you win. If you win, rewards will come to you. And that-- that will be salaries, endorsements and things of that nature. And you know, he taught me principles in life that I carried into my business life."
Larry Csonka on why no team has been perfect since 1972:
"It's hard. When you get down to the difference, what is the difference in the top of the mountain and 10 feet below the top of the mountain. One more breath. That's how thin the line is."
Bob Griese on his business mindset:
"You know, I went to Purdue. I got an industrial management business education. If I didn't-- sign with the Dolphins, people ask me, well, what would I be doing? And I said, "Well, I'd probably be working with-- I probably would have taken the job with-- Johnson & Johnson or-- Proctor and Gamble or one of those companies-- and probably would have been president or runnin' the business."
Dick Anderson on endorsement opportunities following the Super Bowl:
“I don't know if it was myself or Jake [Scott], but someone called us and said-- "Would you do a-- wig commercial?" Instead of a hairpiece it was actually a wig. And so-- and we got a couple thousand dollars I think. Maybe $500.”
Hall of Fame Coach Don Shula on the secret of preparing a team to be perfect:
“I think that the-- there's no detail that's too small to be overlooked, so I wanna make sure that I cover everything. And-- and put 'em through it so that when the competition starts, they feel that they have the confidence and the knowledge to take out anything that could happen. Anything that they're faced with, they could adjust to, they can react to.”
Current Owner Steve Ross on the great tradition and present frustration of the Dolphins franchise:
“It's great to relive the past and talk about it and what it's done. But {fans} wanna live for victories today. You know, as an owner you wanna deliver a winner to the community. Because it's the winning today that brings that community together. I mean 40 years is a long time ago.”
This week’s show debuts Wednesday night at 9:30 PM and 12:30 AM ET Thursday on Bloomberg TV (DirecTV 353, check your local cable systems for the channel near you). The show reaches more than 270 million households through first-run and syndicated airings.
Sportfolio premiered on September 27, 2011 and has now produced over 50 original episodes, all of which can be viewed at http://www.bloomberg.com/
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