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<blockquote data-quote="GreenGoldAngel" data-source="post: 320530" data-attributes="member: 3216"><p>Football was funny in the 1920's...here is a story on the Staleys</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>The [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staley_Swindle"]Staley Swindle[/ame]</strong> (December 4, [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_NFL_season"]1921[/ame], <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_%28NFL%29" target="_blank">Buffalo All-Americans</a> vs. [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Bears"]Chicago Staleys[/ame]) The Staleys, having won every <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_lore#" target="_blank">game</a> of their 1921 season (partially by refusing to play any road games) except their Thanksgiving game against the then-undefeated All-Americans (who, other than their match against Chicago, also had played all of their games at home), challenged the All-Americans to a rematch. Buffalo, having already scheduled their last game for December 3, agreed on the condition that it be considered a "post-season" exhibition match and not be counted in the standings. When Chicago won the rematch 10-7, Staleys owner [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Halas"]George Halas[/ame] persuaded the league to count <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_lore#" target="_blank">the game</a> in the standings by playing two more games, in an effort to discredit the All-Americans' "post-season" <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_lore#" target="_blank">claim</a> and to bring their win percentage to the same as the All-Americans. The league then instituted the first-ever tiebreaker for the championship (a now discontinued rule stating that a rematch counts more than a first matchup) and handing the championship to Chicago. The "Staley Swindle" name is primarily used by Buffalo sports fans. The league was forced to place a finite end to the season after the incident; by [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924_NFL_season"]1924[/ame], when Chicago attempted to do the same thing with a post-season match against the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Bulldogs"]Cleveland Bulldogs[/ame], the league disallowed it and allowed Cleveland to keep its title.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreenGoldAngel, post: 320530, member: 3216"] Football was funny in the 1920's...here is a story on the Staleys [B][/B] [LIST] [*][B]The [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staley_Swindle"]Staley Swindle[/ame][/B] (December 4, [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_NFL_season"]1921[/ame], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_%28NFL%29"]Buffalo All-Americans[/URL] vs. [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Bears"]Chicago Staleys[/ame]) The Staleys, having won every [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_lore#"]game[/URL] of their 1921 season (partially by refusing to play any road games) except their Thanksgiving game against the then-undefeated All-Americans (who, other than their match against Chicago, also had played all of their games at home), challenged the All-Americans to a rematch. Buffalo, having already scheduled their last game for December 3, agreed on the condition that it be considered a "post-season" exhibition match and not be counted in the standings. When Chicago won the rematch 10-7, Staleys owner [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Halas"]George Halas[/ame] persuaded the league to count [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_lore#"]the game[/URL] in the standings by playing two more games, in an effort to discredit the All-Americans' "post-season" [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_lore#"]claim[/URL] and to bring their win percentage to the same as the All-Americans. The league then instituted the first-ever tiebreaker for the championship (a now discontinued rule stating that a rematch counts more than a first matchup) and handing the championship to Chicago. The "Staley Swindle" name is primarily used by Buffalo sports fans. The league was forced to place a finite end to the season after the incident; by [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924_NFL_season"]1924[/ame], when Chicago attempted to do the same thing with a post-season match against the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Bulldogs"]Cleveland Bulldogs[/ame], the league disallowed it and allowed Cleveland to keep its title. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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