Summary: He may have, according to this podcast, though it likely wasn't his intention. As President Roosevelt was instrumental in setting up a 1905 conference of college athletics that set up rules and safety provisions after numerous injuries and dozens of deaths in American football. He was an American football fan, and his son played at Harvard. As Carlson discusses, the changes may have made football both safer and more exciting and insured that the US had a popular sport at a time when soccer was building fan bases elsewhere. There are of course other factors. We discuss the popularity of soccer, now that it has become partially political thanks to an Ann Coulter column. And we talk about a few other items. What makes a President a good communicator? How has the Democratic Party changed over time?
