Golf

1950 · ref. 7163 — 1950. Player Gary. Signed contestant consent form for Challenge Golf documents the broadcast standards governing American television game shows through the participation of one of the twentieth century's most accomplished professional golfers. Winner of nine major championships and one of only five golfers to achieve the career Grand Slam Player frequently appeared on television as the popularity of televised sports expanded during the postwar decades. The document records the procedural safeguards employed by the American Broadcasting Company to ensure compliance with game show regulations demonstrating how contestants certified the fairness of televised competitions and providing primary-source evidence for the study of broadcast administration television production practices and the intersection of professional sports with entertainment programming. Player Gary. Contestant consent form for Challenge Golf. American Broadcasting Company. One page. Approximately 8 by 11 inches. Signed in blue ink "Gary Player." The printed form includes the statement in part ".I have never 1 been given the questions and/or answers in advance of their use on the contest in such program." requiring the participant to affirm that no advance knowledge of the program had been provided. Through its printed declarations and Player's signature the document illustrates the mechanisms by which television producers documented compliance with industry standards adopted following the game show quiz-show scandals of the late 1950s. The supplied information does not identify the broadcast date or Player's appearance on the program. The consent form reflects the heightened emphasis on transparency and fairness that became standard practice in American television after congressional investigations and public controversy over manipulated quiz programs reshaped network procedures. Signed by one of golf's most internationally recognized competitors it combines the history of professional sport with the institutional processes behind network television production. Two punch holes at the upper margin; otherwise very good condition. A substantial broadcast document revealing the contractual and regulatory framework governing televised competition through the participation of Hall of Fame golfer Gary Player. unknown books