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Context:UBill Rasmussen weza nomqondo we-ESPN ngoMeyi 1978, ngemva kokuba exoshwe emsebenzini wakhe neNew England Whalers yeWorld Hockey Association. UBill nendodana yakhe uScott (owayekade naye ededelwe yiWhalers) baqala ngokuqasha indawo yehhovisi ePlainville, eConnecticut. Nokho, uhlelo lokumisa i - ESPN lapho lwabekelwa eceleni ngenxa yesimiso sendawo esivimbela izakhiwo ukuba zibe nezitsha zesathelayithi ophahleni. Umhlaba okhona wokwakha indawo yabo watholakala ngokushesha eBristol, eConnecticut (lapho isiteshi sihlala khona kuze kube namuhla), ngezimali zokuthenga impahla enikezwe yiGetty Oil, eyathenga i-85% yenkampani kuBill Rasmussen ngoFebhuwari 22, 1979, ngomzamo wokwehlukanisa izinkampani zenkampani. Lokhu kwasiza ukuthembeka kwenkampani entsha; kodwa-ke, kwakusekhona ukungabaza okuningi mayelana nokusebenza komqondo wabo wesiteshi sezemidlalo. Esinye isenzakalo esasiza ekwakheni ukuthembeka kwe-ESPN kwakuwukuqinisekisa isivumelwano sokukhangisa ne-Anheuser-Busch entwasahlobo ka-1979; inkampani yatshala imali eyizigidi ezingu-1 zamaRandi ukuze ibe "ibhiya elikhethekile elikhangiswa kunethiwekhi".
• UBill Rasmussen • UScott Rasmussen