The CRAZIEST BROADCASTING CONTROVERSY in New England Patriots HISTORY | Raiders @ Patriots (1976)

[@biIIyball]

A joke that I heard growing up in the region is if you called the Patriots ticket office during this era and asked what time the game started, they'd ask "What time can you get here?"

[@carolina_ace]

Congratulations on the graduation, bud. Looking forward to what comes next with KZbin!

[@ghostintheshell3576]

You know you gave me a heart attack last night JG9 when I watched your last vid. I thought you were leaving us. Glad you're still making these videos makes my day every day.

[@20thCY]

Yeah I thought he was leaving too

[@scottmitchell3641]

Sunday October 3, 1976 in the NFL New England Patriots 48 Oakland Raiders 17 Head coach John Madden of the Raiders: "No one has ever done this to one of my teams."

[@davestation6344]

Congratulations on only being a KZbinr! Your love of the game and insights are why I keep coming back. Wish you nothing but luck! Thanks for the videos!

[@americanidol30]

This would be the Raiders' only loss of the season.

[@chriswoodsports]

And it was a brutal one

[@ericwicker7514]

The Raiders came back and defeated the Patriots in the AFC Divisional Playoffs that year. Winning 21-17. To win their first Super Bowl.

[@CTubeMan]

The Raiders first game of the season against the Steelers resulted in a court case after Steelers Coach Chuck Noll called the Raiders “A criminal element.”

[@northstarpokeshipper2148]

A Friday video NOT talking about the previous nights game? Am I dreaming?

[@AdamJ617]

Well, I don’t think there was a dumb decision, In Defense of, or controversial call that I believe would’ve warranted a video on it.

[@RetroJR3379]

I know right. I thought and hoping he would talked about the Hannah Storm/ Andrea Kramer TNF version which was way way better than Dude Perfect

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Nope because he just became a full time KZbinr.

[@fromulus]

Steve Grogan was the pats qb when I was kid, first time I saw football. He was surprisingly good, and he could move way better than you'd think looking at him.

[@Fireyninjadog]

Gil santos described him as "steve young in 1976"

[@jasonllerena5526]

Steve Grogan was a really good QB. Very mobile. He became the starter after Jim Plunkett was traded to the 49ers. Jim Plunkett unfortunately wasn't a mobile QB and literally took a beating because of his poor offensive line. I'm a diehard Raiders fan and finally when Plunkett got to the Raiders he was able to play for a good team and win 2 Super Bowl titles. Go Raiders!

[@alspencer3826]

Grogan had a great arm and he could really throw that ball. He played the qb position like a linebacker, total disregard for his body. Unfortunately, he made some of the worst decisions that you would ever see a qb make. He also threw a boatload of picks every year, some games he'd be superb, other games he would look like it was his first time ever playing quarterback. In 1980, the Pats finished one game shy of making the playoffs. That year they played a bad 49ers teams in San Fran, and Grogan proceeded to throw six picks. To this day, I have never seen a qb throw six int's in a game. When all is said and done, I gotta tip my hat to the guy, because he layed it all on the line. He had great speed, and a cannon for a arm, I just wish he made some better decision making. I miss the Pat Patriot logo, I miss the red uni's, and I definitely miss Grogan throwing the long bomb to Stanley Morgan! God, how I wish I could go back....oh well.

[@anthony0358]

Wow I clearly remember this season. Thank you for posting this video. In an earlier video you explained that due to the NFL never wanting to play on Christmas Day, they moved this season up a week. The Super Bowl took place on Jan 9, 1977 at the Rose Bowl, just 8 days after the college Rose Bowl. This was the only game the Raiders lost in 1976. The Raiders got revenge in the Playoffs and you did a video on that too. I love this channel and I wish you great success.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

He's a full time KZbinr now 🎉

[@CTubeMan]

You’ve earned yourself a Cognac!

[@leogetz3570]

Well, this wasn't the only controversy involving the Patriots playing the Raiders that year.... "Sugar Bear" Hamilton's roughing the passer penalty in the playoffs is still up for debate

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

Funny you should mention that, since I have a video on that call: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2SyiqBtr5Wgh8k

[@leogetz3570]

@@OfficialJaguarGator9 Awesome!! Hey, I got an idea for you. The play that changed the way the challenge system works. 99 divisional playoffs between the Titans and Colts. Jeff Fisher was trying frantically to challenge a play using the "buzzer", but his buzzer failed, and he didn't have his "back up" red flag on him, so he had to use a timeout to stop play, then issue the challenge. He lost the timeout he called, but he did win the challenge.

[@stevenbauer4799]

'you call tat 'music'? leo getz things done.

[@mrmoose6619]

Near the end of the video, JG9 mentions "the letter of the law vs. the spirit of the law"... a reseller of a Jacksonville Jaguars ticket can also attest to this concept in 1998... JG9 did a video about this.

[@CTubeMan]

Cognac Time!

[@mrmoose6619]

@@CTubeMan Thanks much, Sir

[@AdamJ617]

Somehow, I was expecting you say something like “I’M Just Kidding the viewers got the ever loving crap beat out of them.

[@fallandbounce]

The Sullivans were consistent at being inept boobs. Their teams, and fans, of the last half of the '70's deserved much better.

[@chrisguardiano6143]

This is very similar to what happened in the first season of the Premier League in 1993 when the Everton-Wimbledon match only drew 3,036 (which to this day is the smallest crowd to ever see a Premier League game). The main reason why the crowd was so small was because Wimbledon supporters were boycotting the team due to the owner moving the team's home stadium from Plough Lane (where the majority of the team's fans were) to Selhurst Park a full 30 minutes away (even longer considering London traffic). This move was done because Plough Lane was not up to Premier League standards & the team couldn't afford to renovate the stadium. However because the crowd was so small, Sky Sports refused to televise the match meaning the only way people could watch this match was through highlights on BBC's Match of the Day which aired at 11:30 at night a full 3 hours after the game had concluded. The outrage from this was so overwhelming that the UK Parliament basically told Sky to air every Premier League game from now on, regardless of how big or small the crowd was, otherwise the government would allow rival ITV along with the BBC to air matches & ending Sky's monopoly (at the time) of broadcasting Premier League matches. Sky basically complied & broadcast the majority of Premier League matches since, though they shared the rights with ITV in the early 2000's & currently with BT Sport & Amazon.

[@SPTO]

There's a whole generation or two of Patriots fans who don't know that this was one of the biggest joke franchises in the NFL in terms of ownership. It's literally sheer dumb luck that the team had a couple periods of relevancy/success under the Sullivans. Again, congrats on the graduation and the new direction for you on YT.

[@DolFan316]

The Pats sucking is one of the many reasons the early '90s were the best time of my life.

[@crowtservo]

As a kid, I felt bad for the Patriots. I remember the year they finished 1-15. They seemed like such a lost cause. They got demolished in their one Super Bowl appearance, they were usually losers on the field, I didn’t know anyone who said they were Patriots fans and I didn’t even know where they played. The Pittsburgh Steelers were in Pittsburgh, PA. The Minnesota Vikings were somewhere in the state of Minnesota. But New England? It seemed like no city or state wanted to claim them.

[@DolFan316]

@@crowtservo Roughly 95% of Pats fans didn't exist until '01.

[@Fireyninjadog]

@@DolFan316 1990, and 1992 were the bottom of the barrel

[@notoriouseagle1074]

@@DolFan316 False, they've sold out every game since 93

[@YuukiProductions]

I love your content. You are awesome

[@patrickracer43]

The Patriots really said "syke that's the wrong number!"

[@donaldpaluga]

Buy the remaining 250 tickets? Let Bob Ryan do that!-The Boston Herald

[@spencerwebb7992]

I have to say I think you've been one of the best football channels for a while

[@scolley0616]

I lived about 30 miles from Boston then. I remember watching the game on TV, but did not know of the controversy. I was celebrating the Patriots lopsided win.

[@MPW68]

Congratulations to you on working your ass off with law school and doing this as well, I appalled you for doing this full-time Instead of doing a 9-5 job as an attorney, you're doing what you enjoy and I wish you the very best with this. You do a great job with your page 👍

[@mfischer387]

Congratulations on your success!

[@terraceavery4125]

I can’t wait to hear the story of the current Patriots-Raiders game.

[@dangeiger9796]

And this would be the last time Congress investigated the Patriots lol

[@bg2e]

The grass on the sidelines only cracks me up.

[@marcus813]

The Patriots' suits sure were greedy! I saw in one of the articles in the video that the Cowboys and the Dolphins tried to be slick, too. How far did the Dolphins try to extend their blackout? To here in Central Florida (Tampa Bay and Orlando/Deltona/Daytona)? Some of those owners were wild back then!

[@RicoBurghFan]

God I'm so glad the blackout rule has been consigned to the dustbin of history. It was so patently absurd and consistently led to crap like this, as if televising a home team's game wasn't promoting the sport and good will. I remember when I was a kid in 1972 when the previously lowly Steelers had made the playoffs vs the Raiders in what would become the Immaculate Reception game, it was blacked out in my area even though we were 40 miles from Pittsburgh. We had to go to my uncle's house like 50 miles away to watch the game . Just dumb, dumb stuff from the NFL who thankfully got better promotion people eventually.

[@rngfootball759]

As a Pats fan, glad that we had competent owners. Back then under Sullivan that was a cheap operation a la Mr Krabs running the team.

[@vanhagar3000]

Did anyone else look at the clock near the end of the World Cup and think "Oh god, this might turn into a hell of a JaguarsGators9 video"?

[@tomtalley2192]

Billy Sullivan was the poorest person to ever own an football team. He borrowed $10,000. to buy the team. It was always mismanaged until Kraft bought the team. That 76 team was one of the best teams the Patriots ever had, including their Super Bowl teams. Oh, and the tuck game was payback for the phantom roughing the passer in the playoff game that year.

[@CTubeMan]

Surprised the play at 6:31 wasn’t called roughing.

[@scottmitchell3641]

Yeah, there goes that number 71 Hamilton roughing the passer again. Can you believe it !? Poor Stabler... lol smh

[@CTubeMan]

@@scottmitchell3641 How he was able to walk afterwards was a miracle.

[@DolFan316]

It would today, sadly.

[@teen_laqueefa]

that is the wit,we have come to know and love. CTUBES Friday zinger!!!

[@stuartmcpherran5115]

Congratulations dude.

[@waverod9275]

Isn't every ticket sales for an outdoor sports event a "ballpark amount"?

[@raytaylor6412]

While this video is about the Raiders-Patriots game in 1976, why were the opening shots was of a pre-1974 game (goalposts at the front of the end zone)?

[@kennethschultz2407]

Congratulations 🎊

[@raiderjohnthemadbomber8666]

First of all, if you buy a ticket to a football game you know your view won't be as good as the TV coverage. Second, and most importantly, you go to a game for the experience, comradery and the really expensive beer. It's apples and watermelons!

[@carloscolon3331]

Can you do one on spy gate

[@radaction5743]

How many players' careers ended because of that Astroturf?

[@MrBruinman86]

Raiders got more than their share of revenge - beating the pats in the playoffs that year on a few questionable calls and a few years later with the Darryl Stingley/Jack tatum indecent in the preseason where Tatum ended Stingley's career and crippled him.

[@CTubeMan]

This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made a video about the ticketing fiasco that took place before the Patriots hosted the Jaguars in the 1996 AFC Championship Game. So now you’d have three nickels, don’t spend them all in one place.

[@cpcva724]

There was a more recent controversy in which a game would not be show Nationwide because it was on NFL Network they ended up showing the game on NFL Network NBC and CBS

[@JesusTapdancingChristOnaCross]

Is this in reference to the Patriots Giants regular season finale from '07?

[@dougclark7077]

@@JesusTapdancingChristOnaCross I remember that vividly. The Patriots were 15-0 and playing the Giants in the season finale on a Saturday night. The game was supposed to be an NFL Network exclusive. However there was such an outcry that this game was not going to be seen by a large percentage of fans nationwide (NFL Network was not available in many homes) that pressure was put on to have this game shown on broadcast TV. A group of Senators contacted the NFL and threatened to re-examine the league's anti-trust status. The league relented and two broadcast networks were able to televise the game -- NBC because of the Sunday night package, and CBS because the Patriots were the visiting team and from the AFC. Despite the fact that Saturday night is traditionally the least watched TV night of the week, this game drew some of the largest ratings of any regular season games in over a decade.

[@cpcva724]

The local stations in Boston and New York raised hell because they were supposed to be exclusive in their respective cities.

[@altfactor]

Oakland would rebound to win Super Bowl XI.

[@arizonawrestlinginterviews1040]

The Raiders got their revenge in the playoffs, in part due to a horrible roughing the passer call. Yes, a roughing the passer call in 1976.

[@tealingw1371]

Sugar Bear Hamilton gift in the playoffs. Raiders would not get that call nowadays

[@kevingreen2400]

The Pats were the stupidest team in the NFL when the Sullivan family owned the team.

[@richardjacobs2708]

As a Patriots fan that was the Raiders only lost was in October 3 1976 the was 48-17😆

[@TheSonicsean]

I'm not gonna stand up here and give Bob Kraft a happy ending or anything, but man he's really turned the Pats from a complete and utter farce of an institution to an actually professionally run organization. Except the whole losing his Super Bowl ring to Putin thing.

[@stevenbauer4799]

the pats lied or cheated once again? say it aint so. pats also sent a fan onto the field to break up a pass play late in an afl playoff game at fenway in '65 as well.

[@LostLakeTribune]

Now you need reaction videos or vice versa

[@jaydenstilla65]

You should try making the videos shorter. This really doesn’t need to be stretched out to 17 minutes.

[@Bruce12867]

Or, you can make a video if you believe it can be shorter.

[@jaydenstilla65]

@@Bruce12867nope not interested in doing that. It’s called constructive criticism. I’m far from the only person that feels this way.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

There are people here that want longer videos. Pfft

[@crapwithanopinion2919]

Your videos would be half the length if you didn’t repeat yourself so much. Ik the algorithm promotes longer watch times but dude you’re losing viewers by not getting to the damn point. I can see good content coming from you. You just need to learn how to respect your viewers time.