I started in the scouting business in 1981 working part time as a film grader for the Buffalo Bills. At that time there was no digital tape, everything was on Kodak 16mm film and it could be difficult to watch, especially if the tape had been broken previously and spliced.
In the early '80s, Buffalo was a member of the Quadra Combine, along with Seattle, San Francisco and Dallas. The man who was primarily the head of that Combine, Gil Brandt, had an idea to supplement the scouts' school reports with film grade reports from part-time guys such as myself.