GenX Classic Sports
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GenX Classic Sports
Episode 48: The NFL Champs vs The College All Stars.
Welcome to GenX Classic Sports, the podcast where we revisit the unforgettable moments that shaped our sports memories growing up.
In this episode of GenX Classic Sports, we dive into the real reasons the College All-Star Game disappeared: rising salaries, injury fears, insurance nightmares, and a changing NFL that no longer needed the risk. From packed nights at Soldier Field to the storm-soaked chaos of the final game in 1976, this is the story of how pride gave way to profit — and why a game this bold could never exist today.
Before preseason hype and billion-dollar TV deals, there was a summer football tradition that dared to pit the best college players in America against the defending NFL champions — and it ended when the league finally said no.
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Production Credits:
Intro and outro music: Mason Enis
Narrator: Haylee Wolf
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