Editing Burt Reynolds (section)

====Professional sports====
A lifelong fan of [[American football|football]], he once told [[Johnny Carson]] on ''[[The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson|The Tonight Show]]'' he would rather have played in the [[NFL]] than win an [[Academy Award|Oscar]]. Reynolds was a minority owner of the [[Tampa Bay Bandits]] of the [[United States Football League|USFL]] from 1982 to 1986.<ref>{{cite news|last=McEwen|first=Tom|date=March 14, 1986|title=Reynolds fades from Bandits' picture|page=5-C|work=[[The Tampa Tribune]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23499261/reynolds_fades_from_bandits_picture/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=September 6, 2018|archive-date=September 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907032333/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23499261/reynolds_fades_from_bandits_picture/|url-status=live}} {{free access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Mizell|first=Hubert|date=December 4, 1982|title=For a series non-participant, Burt sure gives a hoot|page=C1|work=[[Tampa Bay Times]]}}</ref> The team's name was inspired by the ''Smokey and the Bandit'' trilogy and [[Skoal (tobacco)#Bandits and Pouches|Skoal Bandit]], a primary sponsor for the team as a result of also sponsoring Reynolds' motor racing team.<ref>{{cite news|date=May 13, 1983|title=Don't bet on it|page=B5|work=[[The Journal News]]|location=White Plains, New York}}</ref>

Reynolds co-owned a [[NASCAR]] [[Winston Cup Series]] team, [[Mach 1 Racing]], with [[Hal Needham]], which ran the No. 33 Skoal Bandit car with driver [[Harry Gant]].<ref>{{cite news|date=June 10, 1983|title=Bandit to visit Cherokee|page=12|work=[[The Gaffney Ledger]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23499363/bandit_to_visit_cherokee/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=September 6, 2018|archive-date=September 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907032344/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23499363/bandit_to_visit_cherokee/|url-status=live}} {{free access}}</ref>