 Pari gbolohun yii: Lọ si akoko NFL 1981, awọn alakoso CBS Sports pinnu pe John Madden, ti o ti darapọ mọ nẹtiwọọki ni ọdun 1979 ati pe o ti ṣiṣẹ pẹlu Frank Glieber ati Gary Bender Pat Summerall ati Madden ni akọkọ ṣe ẹgbẹ lori igbohunsafefe Oṣu kọkanla 25, 1979 ti Minnesota Vikings  Tampa Bay Buccaneers game ni ọdun meji akọkọ rẹ, yoo jẹ akọwe awọ NFL irawọ wọn  sibẹsibẹ, wọn ni iṣoro lati mọ ẹni ti yoo jẹ alabaṣiṣẹpọ ere-iṣere rẹ. Ni akoko ti CBS ti tun ṣe atunṣe ẹgbẹ ẹgbẹ  1 wọn bi alabaṣiṣẹpọ igbohunsafefe igba pipẹ ti Summerall Tom Brookshier ti gbe lọ si ipa ere-iṣere kan ti o ṣe ẹgbẹ pẹlu arosọ Detroit Lions tẹlẹ Wayne Walker, ni akoko ti oludari ere idaraya fun ajọṣepọ CBS KPIX, ati pe ko han lẹsẹkẹsẹ boya Summerall yoo tọju ipo rẹ tabi boya  2 play-by-play ọkunrin Vin Scully, ti adehun rẹ ti sunmọ opin, yoo ni igbega lati gba. CBS yàn láti fún Summerall àti Scully láǹfààní láti bá Madden ṣiṣẹ. Scully ṣiṣẹ pẹlu Madden fun awọn ere mẹrin ni Oṣu Kẹsan lakoko ti Summerall n ṣiṣẹ ni wiwa idije tẹnisi US Open fun CBS. Summerall bá ṣiṣẹ pẹlú Madden fún ìdíje mẹrin ní oṣù October nígbà tí Scully pè ní Major League Baseballs : Oríṣun àwòrán, National League Championship Series àti World Series fún Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network àti CBS Radio lẹẹkan. 