[CBFF] NBR: United Football League

[Kenny Claxton]

They won all of $3!

On 5/30/07, mactbone <mactbone0 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> They still won a monopoly suit against the NFL. They were also able to get
> guys like Steve Young and Reggie White. It drove the owners to compete for
> the services of top talent.
> -Chris
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Kenny Claxton <kenny.claxton at gmail.com>
> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 5:00:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [CBFF] NBR: United Football League
>
>
> The USFL was just a bunch of rich guys with no idea what they were doing.
> I
> remeber Dan Jiggets telling the story of one of USFL teams he played for
> the
> owner bounced checks on them and eventually the team/league had to have a
> truck show up on payday to pay the players.
>
> On 5/30/07, mactbone <mactbone0 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > It doesn't really matter if the league survives or not - competition for
> > the NFL usually provides impetus to improve the product. The AFL and
> USFL
> > clearly did that.
> > -chris
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Kenny Claxton <kenny.claxton at gmail.com>
> > To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:25:21 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CBFF] NBR: United Football League
> >
> >
> > I am skeptical myself. If the best you can do on a tv contract is VS.,
> > then
> > your league may as well not be on tv (anyone checkout the NHL ratings on
> > VS?)
> >
> > On 5/30/07, Jerry Madsen <jerrywm at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > It's interesting, but between 32 NFL teams and the AFL, it will be a
> > > pretty watered-down talent pool.  I wonder what the motivation is for
> > > another league.  History isn't kind to start-up leagues, save the AFL
> > > and that was when the NFL was smaller and could absorb the teams to
> > > sustain them.  Hell, if the USFL couldn't fly, ain't nothing going to.
> > >
> > > I'm still shocked the XFL isn't still with us!
> > >
> > > Jerry
> > >
> > >
> > > On 5/30/07, Phil DeNomme <pdenomme at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Very very interesting.
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> > > > [mailto:cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of mactbone
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2:40 PM
> > > > To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> > > > Subject: [CBFF] NBR: United Football League
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-24-128/Not-Content-Just-Annoying-the-N
> > > > BA----.html
> > > > >From a press release about this weekend's PLAY magazine:
> > > > PLAY: The New York Times Sports Magazine reports in its June 3 issue
> > > that
> > > > Wall Streeter Bill Hambrecht and Google executive Tim Armstrong are
> > > > launching a professional football league to compete with the N.F.L.,
> > and
> > > > have lined up billionaire Mark Cuban as their first team owner.
> > > >
> > > > In an exclusive column, Joe Nocera writes that the new United
> Football
> > > > League aims to line up seven more owners "with Cuban's deep pockets
> > and
> > > > contrarian mindset" so that it can debut with eight teams. Right
> now,
> > > the
> > > > league is scheduled to play its first pre-season games in August,
> > 2008.
> > > >
> > > > Cuban owns the N.B.A.'s Dallas Mavericks. Undaunted by the
> > monopolistic
> > > > N.F.L., which has squashed four competitors, he tells Nocera, "There
> > are
> > > > quite a few good-sized non-N.F.L. cities that can support a pro
> team."
> > > So
> > > > far, the league has picked Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Mexico City.
> San
> > > > Antonio and Orlando are among other top markets without N.F.L.
> teams.
> > > >
> > > > According to U.F.L. executives, Nocera reports, the new league will
> > > emulate
> > > > the old American Football League -- one of whose major
> characteristics
> > > was
> > > > revenue sharing. Each owner will put up $30 million, worth a
> > > half-interest
> > > > in a team; the league will own the other half. Eventually, the plan
> > > > envisions that fans will become stakeholders - because each team
> will
> > > sell
> > > > shares to the public to raise an average of $60 million per
> franchise.
> > > > Public ownership will reduce the pricing pressure on the teams,
> > > resulting in
> > > > cheaper tickets all around.
> > > >
> > > > Officials are convinced they can land decent players from the
> get-go,
> > > and
> > > > better players later on. "The U.F.L. will be able to offer most
> > rookies,
> > > who
> > > > aren't top draft choices, far more money than the N.F.L. would give
> > > them,"
> > > > Nocera writes.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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