United Football League

[GhostMachine]

Plus, not every one wants that much football. Between college, the NFL, and Arena (if that's still a thing?), there's more than enough for a lot of people. 

*edited to add* And the CFL. 

 

Edited November 24, 2021 by GhostMachine

[gunnar hendershow]

The Arena Football League got effectively killed off over the last decade of mismanagement. It stopped growing in popularity so the people behind the teams and league just took what money they could from it and let it die.

The Indoor Football League is still going strong. Includes some old favorites from the AFL glory years of the 90s. And the rest of the teams are in smaller cities that would never get an NFL team.

Overall if you want my opinion on too much football, it's definitely a thing. And after watching the NFL I don't want to watch a cheap imitation league immediately after the end of the season. What I realistically want is a league that is a proper NFL developmental project and an alternative league. We have the alternative between CFL and IFL, but it never seems we'll get the developmental league.

[DMN in the House]

No LA Express, no buys.

[Maxx]

4 minutes ago, DMN said:

No LA Express, no buys.

They can't come back until Steve Young's contract is off the books.

[GhostMachine]

1 hour ago, damshow said:

The Arena Football League got effectively killed off over the last decade of mismanagement. It stopped growing in popularity so the people behind the teams and league just took what money they could from it and let it die.

The Indoor Football League is still going strong. Includes some old favorites from the AFL glory years of the 90s. And the rest of the teams are in smaller cities that would never get an NFL team.

Overall if you want my opinion on too much football, it's definitely a thing. And after watching the NFL I don't want to watch a cheap imitation league immediately after the end of the season. What I realistically want is a league that is a proper NFL developmental project and an alternative league. We have the alternative between CFL and IFL, but it never seems we'll get the developmental league.

Arena Football I thought was a joke. Andy Kelly, who was like a deer in the headlights when he played for the Vols in college, couldn't even cut it as a third-stringer in the NFL. Yet ended up an Arena League Hall of Famer. (Kelly was a good college QB, but couldn't run to save his life. Even if he was going to get sacked.)

[DMN in the House]

Just now, Maxx said:

They can't come back until Steve Young's contract is off the books.

All I'm hearing is that we still have Steve Young under contract.

[Lineker]

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Former NFL head coach Jeff Fisher and former North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora were named coaches by USFL teams Thursday, filling the final two vacancies in the league.

Fisher was named the head coach of the Michigan Panthers and Fedora the head coach of the New Orleans Breakers.

The other head coaches in the eight-team league include Todd Haley (Tampa Bay Bandits), Kevin Sumlin (Houston Gamblers), Mike Riley (New Jersey Generals), Skip Holtz (Birmingham Stallions), Kirby Wilson (Pittsburgh Maulers) and Bart Andrus (Philadelphia Stars).

Fisher, 63, was an NFL head coach for 22 seasons with the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans and St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams. He had a 173-165-1 record and led the Titans to the Super Bowl after the 1999 season. He last coached in 2016 with the Rams.

Fedora, 59, had a 79-62 record in 11 seasons at Southern Miss and North Carolina. He last coached in 2018 with the Tar Heels.

The newly reformed USFL announced earlier this week that the league will play every game in Birmingham, Alabama, this season.

The eight-team professional football league, owned by Fox Sports, will debut on April 16 with the Birmingham Stallions against the New Jersey Generals.

Training camps open March 21 after a player selection meeting. Each team will have 38-man rosters with seven players on a practice squad. Each player will receive base pay and be eligible for victory bonuses.

From 1983 to '85, the original USFL played spring league games before folding.

 

[Mick]

Come on, article. Tell the readers the WHO and the WHY of the original USFL folding . I'll pay you $3 if you do. 

[LL!]

Can't wait to see Fisher pull out whatever the USFL equivalent of 8-8 will be. 

[gunnar hendershow]

If Fisher has a bad season in the USFL there's a chance his career winning percentage will wind up at .500.

[Maxx]

I want the USFL to work but it’s target audience sure seems to just be Birmingham, Alabama, where all the games will take place.  It will definitely save on travel costs and maybe that will help the league last more than one season, but it’s asking a lot for fans to care about their cities team when they can’t even go see a game in said city.

[VerbalPuke]

Michigan Panthers have a more recent championship victory than the Detroit Lions.

[Mick]

3 hours ago, LL! said:

Can't wait to see Fisher pull out whatever the USFL equivalent of 8-8 will be. 

If it's like the old one 9-9

[GhostMachine]

Rumor is a 10 game season, so 5-5.

 

[Lineker]

USFL teams reveal their uniforms for the 2022 season

[Maxx]

Well the Bandits have the best uniforms easily.  Gamblers would be fine if not for the horrible side panels.

Maulers are atrocious. 

[Krabby]

The Panthers are the worst one to me, too many weird clashing colors

[LL!]

Yeah I second the Panthers ones being the worst. It was like they put on a blindfold and randomly pointed at colors. 

[Regia]

I'm actually hoping I can find some way to watch this when it happens, if only to see how it all falls apart. 

[Maxx]

3 hours ago, Regia said:

I'm actually hoping I can find some way to watch this when it happens, if only to see how it all falls apart. 

In an office meeting not broadcast on television where they decide not to continue?

I don’t know what else you could be expecting.