 The story was only closely examined by only two national newspapers, the "Philadelphia Inquirer" and "Los Angeles Times".On January 4, 1917, an editorial in the "Inquirer" declared the idea "no good in Philadelphia" and supported their conclusion by citing a similar idea of fifteen years earlier, which was "long remembered as a failure".The commentary ended with a statement that college football was too big and would always draw a bigger crowd than the pro game.