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dhazer
Veteran Member Topic Starter

16 years ago

The United Football League will be born tomorrow. I know, I know - the concept has been around since spring of 2007 in public. Michael Huyghue has been the Commissioner since the fall of 2007 and the league originally planned to kickoff in 2008. Sure the league did announce in December that they were kicking off in 2009, Casa Grande, etc.

I really do get it. The league announced less than a month ago the Premiere Season - but remember how much you grumbled about that one? Only four teams? A short season? Are they even going to have a TV deal or good Coaches? You asked those questions - you know you did.

Admit it. You doubted the league. Ill put a strike through that because I do not think you do anymore. You see - I told you to be patient, they had quality football folks, experienced execs, financial gurus, and intelligent investors. Wanna know a secret? I believed all of that but I still had my doubts.

Now you are excited again. It isnt just the television deal. ProFootballTalk is reporting that former NFL Coaches Jim Haslett, Dennis Green, and Ted Cottrell will be joining Jim Fassel on UFL sidelines. Those are serious names and serious Coaches. Those are not the kind of Coaches that start up football leagues attract. Haslett was neither confirmed nor denied from the league, a good sign he is the 2nd Coach. As for the other two? Well, we will see tomorrow.

These moves - these news - tell people that the United Football League is for real. People are paying attention and tuning in. The league has a chance - and that, my friends, is something to be excited about. That is why tomorrow - Wednesday, March 10 - will be viewed as the launch of the United Football League.

Should be interesting to see who they all get for players. I also heard it has backing from the one and only Mark Cuban so it should be a fun league to watch.

Read more on it here:

http://uflaccess.com/

Just Imagine this for the next 6-9 years. What a ride it will be 🙂 (PS, Zero should charge for this)

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Yerko
Senior Member

16 years ago

I am actually interested to see this. I think a couple players from my conference were "drafted" to teams.
I didn't think this was a big deal so I didn't bother with it. I am going to see if anything is going on Versus tonight.

Pack93z
Select Member

16 years ago

"AKamp74" wrote:

Hey.. here is another chance to get noticed..

"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"

dhazer
Veteran Member Topic Starter

16 years ago

The part i'm interested in is if this takes off will cities that don't have an NFL team try and get in on this, and what will it do to the NFL coming up with a new collective bargain agreement. Also how will affect the draft next year will it be like the old usfl where they signed alot of the star college players. Remember thats where Reggie, Herschel, and Steve Young all went.

Just Imagine this for the next 6-9 years. What a ride it will be 🙂 (PS, Zero should charge for this)

Pack93z
Select Member

16 years ago

Here is where I see this niche if they can get up and running...

Taking that second tier players and having them play traditional ball.. then in time becoming a feeder league to the NFL... NFL Europe stateside..

If they try to take on the NFL heads up right out of the shoot.. I see them having to extend to much capital to sustain the league long term. Ala the USFL...

Keep the salaries in check, gain popularity and then if they want try to take on the NFL a couple years down the road.

If the NFL and NFLPA blow it with this CBA.. It will only help this league along... but be smart, start small and grow from there.

"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"

TheEngineer
Registered

16 years ago

This should definitely be NFL Europe-in-America. They need to capture their niche, and the easiest, most legitimate one currently is to serve as a feeder series to the NFL.

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Silentio
Registered

15 years ago

http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/ufl/news/story?id=4535959

It should be interesting to watch how things go...

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Rockmolder
Honored Member

15 years ago

Going to be interesting to see how Tatum Bell will do. I always thought that he was quite an underrated back in the NFL.

Looking forward to seeing some games in this league, as long as they don't approach it like the XFL did, they might have a shot at staying.

'Worst case scenario' will be tha the NFL buys the league and it'll become a developmental program. But that'd still mean that we will actually have some football during the summer, even if it is on a lower level.

nyrpack
Veteran Member

15 years ago

im sure the 1st week or so will be interesting , then only true football fans will tune in and ratings will be aweful !

jimmy b.

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