National Football League strike 1982

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

The complex rules and tactics of American football, and how a pay dispute led to the 1982 strike by the players of the National Football League, as discussed by Alistair Cooke.

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Fri 8 Oct 198221:00

BBC Radio 4

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Fri 8 Oct 198221:00
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