Hail to the Chief plays again, and the crowd stands up for an ovation.
Former President and Liberator of Europe Dwight D. Eisenhower takes the stage.
He acknowledges the ovation, and then gets right down to business.
"We learned in World War II a valuable lesson, and it still applies today. To secure victory, you must take the war to the enemy and you must seize their capital and their resources. In football, that means that you have to relentlessly pursue the quarterback. When the quarterback goes down, the enemy's war effort stops. In order to pursue that aim...
"The Washington Commanders select Chris Braswell, DE, Alabama."
He points to a map. "Now let's go take the war to those b*****ds in Dallas and Philadelphia and New York."
