"Football is on trial," Roosevelt declared. "Because I believe in the game, I want to do all I can to save it. And so I have called you all down here to see whether you won't all agree to abide by both the letter and spirit of the rules, for that will help."
From "Score one for Roosevelt," about President Theodore Roosevelt's 1905 statement after a rash of deaths and severe injuries prompted calls to halt college football.
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