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Sep 24, 2009 · As Tollin's film explains, the push to directly challenge the NFL – spearheaded by Trump in what many saw as a veiled attempt to have the NFL buy out the league in a merger – led to the...
Sep 25, 2017 · I asked Mike Tollin — who directed and produced the 30 for 30 film Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL — to answer the question posed in his 2009 movie title. Spoiler Alert! – it was Trump ...
Oct 20, 2009 · Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?: Directed by Michael Tollin. With Michael Tollin, Donald Trump, Harry Usher, Steve Ehrhart. The story of the rise and fall of the United States Football League, focusing on two owners: John Bassett, who wanted the league to compete in the spring; and Donald Trump, who wanted to take on the NFL and play in ...
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Apr 21, 2011 · Filmmaker Mike Tollin, who ran the USFL's equivalent of NFL Film back in the '80s, told this story in " Small Potatoes ," a 2009 documentary that was part of ESPN's "30 for 30" series.
Sep 30, 2017 · Tollin's thesis in Small Potatoes — which later earned him a public feud over the film with Trump that did take place on Page Six — is that the USFL was killed by Trump's stubborn...
Jun 2, 2016 · JUNE 2, 2016. Donald J. Trump was not a fan of Mike Tollin’s 2009 documentary about the demise of the United States Football League. So when Mr. Tollin invited him to the film’s premiere,...
Tollin later directed the ESPN 30 for 30 film, "Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?" in which he and others associated with the USFL, notably former New Jersey Generals owner Donald Trump , offered a retrospective on the league (the title came from a quote from Trump).
