Haslett, Green, Fassell, Cottrell to coach in UFL

Four franchise league, Jim Fassell in Las Vegas, Denny Green in San Francisco, Jim Haslett in Orlando and Tedd Cottrell in New York.

http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news;_ylt=ApfgLZjT.LwDCGJT9XSedcY5nYcB?slug=ap-unitedfootballleague&prov=ap&type=lgns

The United Football League is scheduled to run in the fall, ending Thanksgiving weekend. Does this have a prayer?

 

They should have gone with a 10-week spring league, April to June with a July 4 championship game.

 

how about they wait until they have more than 4 teams? fail, fail, fail.

 

Let me check with the founders of the USFL and the WFL and I'll get back to you.

 

They apparently hope to survive as a sort of JV league for the NFL. Unless the economy improves dramatically, no way in hell.

 

new usfl seems to think spring is a good time.

http://www.newusfl.com/

and i love how they already have a director of the usfl hall of fame.

 

I understand Vegas, Orlando and even New York, but San Francisco seems like an odd choice to me. The Bay Area already has two NFL teams and a couple of decent college programs.

Why not LA?

 

It's sponsored by Coors Light

 

Nice idea, but not realistic if their season is going to go through Thanksgiving and players aren't available for the NFL until after that. NFL teams aren't going to wait until after week 12 if they have a roster need.

If they allow the NFL to grab a player anytime during the season, then maybe this has a sliver of a chance.

Of course, what days do they plan to play and not get tsunami swamped by coverage of the NFL and college football? Maybe Tuesday/Wednesday against the Mid-American conference?

 

I'm continually amazed by the large number of folks with a lot of money who think the American public will pay to watch a pro football league other than the NFL.

 

The SEC and the Big 12 are proof that the American public will pay to watch a pro football league other than the NFL.