USFL to return in 2013

Hope it works but it will have to have some kind of NFL backing to succeed.The league has to have a TV contract. What station will show it without the permission of the NFL? Without the media the league is nothing. Might as well have a semi pro league. But dang I want football more often. I have been shaking from withdraw since February. What does it say when the NFL gets better ratings then any other sports playing that weekend.

Hope it works but it will have to have some kind of NFL backing to succeed.The league has to have a TV contract. What station will show it without the permission of the NFL? Without the media the league is nothing. Might as well have a semi pro league. But dang I want football more often. I have been shaking from withdraw since February. What does it say when the NFL gets better ratings then any other sports playing that weekend.

well, nbc had arena league, and i watched it... not on anything like a regular basis, but again, if it's arena football or infomercials, well, i'll take the fake football please.

It won't pan out for long. Look at the XFL, and you can see where it is going. Semi pro players aen't going to garner much interest with maybe the exception of the franchise cities.

I nominate a team called the Virginia Beach Destroyers.

(or Norfolk)

Now a team called Norfolk would be cool as I live in England in Norfolk.

`disclaimer `

I am one million percent Scottish!

And don't call them Norfolk and chance :o

Very dumb idea. OK you are not going to interfere with the NFl, that is great, but guess what, you will be running up against MLB, the NBA playoffs, and the NHL playoffs. Sorry, but if the Caps are in the hunt for the Cup next season, folks from the DC Metro area are going to watch the Caps over anything else. I am a football fan and will check out some games just to see how it is, but I doubt it is going to go anywhere. The former USFL had NFL caliber players that gambled with going to the new league. This new league is going to be set up almost like a minor league, which isn't going to garner much interest outside of the true diehard football fan, and there are not too many of those around.

About 80,000 folks showed up to watch the Alabama University intersquad game this spring.

Similar numbers in Texas.

More than 40,000 showed up to see the Penn State Blue/White game.

There are diehard football fans out there in areas where there are no NFL teams.

Minor league baseball survives quite well in micropolitan areas because salary costs for minor league players are low enough to make the fixed costs of labor something they can cover. The key here will be "cost containment" which in football translates quickly into "keeping salaries down" and "keeping travel requirements in check".

Odds are against great success here - - but this is a different business model from the old USFL.

Oh by the way:

Memo to New USFL Owners: Do NOT let Donald Trump buy one of your franchises...

UFL, USFL, I can't keep track of them anymore, who's coming and who's going.

Mabye they both should combine and make decent rules. Play during the offseason of the NFL in order to keep football fans interested. Besides the UFL can't decide if they want to close shop or not half the time and I looked yesterday and they look to be down to like 4 teams now. We could have the Washington Federals and Virginia Destroyers to root for.

About 80,000 folks showed up to watch the Alabama University intersquad game this spring.

Similar numbers in Texas.

More than 40,000 showed up to see the Penn State Blue/White game.

There are diehard football fans out there in areas where there are no NFL teams.

Minor league baseball survives quite well in micropolitan areas because salary costs for minor league players are low enough to make the fixed costs of labor something they can cover. The key here will be "cost containment" which in football translates quickly into "keeping salaries down" and "keeping travel requirements in check".

Odds are against great success here - - but this is a different business model from the old USFL.

Oh by the way:
Memo to New USFL Owners: Do NOT let Donald Trump buy one of your franchises...

I agree. If they play games on Saturday in college towns during the offseason it will be a hit. If they could get NFLN to cover a game of the week people will watch. I especially like the idea of teams using regionally local players.