HuskyCaucasian Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 (edited) Website: http://www.ufl-football.com General Info (vie Wikipedia): The United Football League (UFL) is a professional American Football league that debuted its inaugural season on October 8, 2009 with the Las Vegas Locomotives playing against the California Redwoods. The league began its premiere season on October 8, 2009, playing games on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings, with the first regular season game held on October 8 and the championship game on Thanksgiving weekend. Both the inaugural game and the championship will be held in Las Vegas. Like previous football leagues, the UFL has instituted several mostly minor rules changes that will differ from the NFL's rules. Though the league has indicated it would mostly adhere to standard rules, there are a few differences. The UFL has a proposed structure by which each team will operate. It includes a player salary cap range of $12–20 million per team with a staff salary cap of $3 million per team. They hope to be paying at least 10 players on each roster in excess of $1 million. In the initial truncated 6 week season, the 4 teams will have a total of $16 million in labor costs, reflecting the shorter season. Each team will unofficially tie itself to a pair of divisions in the National Football League. The Florida Tuskers, for instance, will be allowed first rights to players who last played in the NFL for a team in the NFC South or AFC South. In addition to this feature, the league held a draft on June 18, 2009. Owners will pay $30 million to buy a half interest in a team. The league itself will own the other half. This is done to help control the unregulated spending on player salaries that doomed the previous leagues. The UFL plans for each team to eventually sell shares to the public that they hope will raise another $60 million. The league primarily consists of players that have at one time or another played for a National Football League team. While the league has no connection with the NFL, and does not intend to have such a relationship in the future, some have speculated that it could become a minor or "developmental" league for the NFL, Other reports said the league described it as a "competitor" to the NFL, though they have backed off this characterization in recent months, instead describing as a "complement" to NFL football. It has been speculated in the press that the UFL's long-term business plan is to be present if or when the NFL and its players' union reach the end of their contract in 2011, giving players that would be locked-out or striking an opportunity to play somewhere else. The NFLPA has advised any NFL player cut in training camp to consider the UFL as an employment opportunity. Logo: Teams: California Redwoods Florida Tuskers Las Vegas Locomotives New York Sentinels Edited October 9, 2009 by Athomeboy_2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderBolt Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 I'm interested to see what happens here. In recent years both the XFL and Arena League have tried and failed to be recgonized as legitmate by the public. We'll see what comes of the UFL soon enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 (edited) The Arena league and XFl arent even close in comparison, the AFL was around for 21 years before their little bankruptcy problem, and again is coming back after a little "remodeling". Edited October 9, 2009 by KyYlE23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 With how many no-name, undrafted, unsigned players wind up eventually taking on starting or all-pro roles with NFL teams, I don't know why there isn't some version of a minor league system for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattZakrowski Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Any word on an age limit for the league? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan562004 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 it will be interesting... when the XFL was around I had heard the NFL owners really didn't mind it because it was an OK minor league that they didn't have to spend a dime on. From my understanding the UFL is just a gamble by rich folk on the lockout. Basically they're trying to establish something so that if the lockout occurs it's an easy/established league for locked out NFL players and even if it's only one season, they can make some money, and the players can as well, on bascially 4 all star teams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Hopefully there will be another He Hate Me somewhere in that league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 The jersey's in that league are way to Madden-esque and bright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 QUOTE (SoxAce @ Oct 9, 2009 -> 09:54 PM) Hopefully there will be another He Hate Me somewhere in that league. As long as he also winds up on the Carolina Panthers, I'm game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 I watched a bit of the game Thursday night. I hope the league can be somewhat successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 9, 2009 -> 03:28 PM) The Arena league and XFl arent even close in comparison, the AFL was around for 21 years before their little bankruptcy problem, and again is coming back after a little "remodeling". I thought the Arena Football League was done done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted October 13, 2009 Author Share Posted October 13, 2009 QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Oct 10, 2009 -> 05:00 PM) I watched a bit of the game Thursday night. I hope the league can be somewhat successful. Yea, I had a chance on Sunday to watch the first quarter of the Orlando game... it looked like actual football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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