TTG EXTRA -- interview with Denis Crawford, Johnny F. Bassett biographer

Episode 11 of the Truly The GOATs podcast included excerpts from an interview with author Denis Crawford. Denis has to date written three books based in part at least on professional football in Tampa, Florida. His third and most recently released is the autobiographical work The Life and Teams of Johnny F. Bassett, the subject of which was also the focus of TTG #11.

In this extra edition of Truly The GOATs, a mostly unexpurgated version of the TTG interview with Denis in which he discusses in-depth Johnny Bassett’s “successful failures,” his rogue leagues, his tug-of-war with one Donald J. Trump over the ultimate fate of the Untied States Football League and the legacy of a rogue franchise all-timer…

The following is my entire unexpurgated interview with Denis -- okay, not completely unexpurgated; i took out a couple of "ums" and added a couple of transitional scratches, but very close. Enjoy!