The New USFL

[gilthethrill]

The following video discusses the USFL problems including talent, attendance, finances, length of game, and roster depth, .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDwhhRe-yXE

It will be interesting next spring when both the USFL and the XFL 3.0 are both playing.

[OV Argo]

It will be interesting next spring when both the USFL and the XFL 3.0 are both playing.

IMO - the existence of both leagues might be part of the BOG/GOB panic-plan to get rid of more Canadians and allow more Americans on CFL rosters; gotta sign lots of new imports and soon, and be able to add more and more in the face of this over-whelming competition for talent; tons of new young FA American signings by CFL teams in the past few weeks.

[argolio]

It will be interesting next spring when both the USFL and the XFL 3.0 are both playing.

I'm waiting for the much-anticipated merger talks.

[jerrym]

It will be interesting next spring when both the USFL and the XFL 3.0 are both playing.

What makes you think the USFL will still be around next year?

[gilthethrill]

What makes you think the USFL will still be around next year?

Despite TV ratings plummeting and zero attendance, the people running the league appear steadfast in their willingness to bleed money. The most interesting part is who is the XFL going to sign to play QB? The USFL has shown IMO that there simply is not enough talent out there.

[Mocha]

Despite TV ratings plummeting and zero attendance, the people running the league appear steadfast in their willingness to bleed money. The most interesting part is who is the XFL going to sign to play QB? The USFL has shown IMO that there simply is not enough talent out there.

I wouldn't be shocked to see the CFL come to a player-sharing agreement with the XFL, if their season will end before ours begins.

[AngeloV]

I wouldn't be shocked to see the CFL come to a player-sharing agreement with the XFL, if their season will end before ours begins.

I would be shcked if this happened. For starters, the XFL season ends as CFL training camps would be starting. You would get players back up here with the risk of fatigue late in the season, or serious injury in which you also may lose your player for the entire season. It would greatly diminish the CFL product. Football is not meant to play year round, I don't believe players bodies can take playing 2 football seasons in one. In fact, I will say there is no way this will happen.

[jerrym]

I would be shcked if this happened. For starters, the XFL season ends as CFL training camps would be starting. You would get players back up here with the risk of fatigue late in the season, or serious injury in which you also may lose your player for the entire season. It would greatly diminish the CFL product. Football is not meant to play year round, I don't believe players bodies can take playing 2 football seasons in one. In fact, I will say there is no way this will happen.

I totally agree.

[Mocha]

I would be shcked if this happened. For starters, the XFL season ends as CFL training camps would be starting. You would get players back up here with the risk of fatigue late in the season, or serious injury in which you also may lose your player for the entire season. It would greatly diminish the CFL product. Football is not meant to play year round, I don't believe players bodies can take playing 2 football seasons in one. In fact, I will say there is no way this will happen.

Yes, definitely there would be risks, and I think it would depend on when the XFL season ends. But . . . IF the CFL believes the XFL can survive for several seasons and would represent a talent drain without player sharing, I think they might consider sharing.

[ArgoRavi]

Yes, definitely there would be risks, and I think it would depend on when the XFL season ends. But . . . IF the CFL believes the XFL can survive for several seasons and would represent a talent drain without player sharing, I think they might consider sharing.

I just don't see this happening. 10 or so XFL games along with at least 18 CFL games in a year is simply unsustainable on players' bodies. The CFL tried this twenty years ago with the Arena League and it didn't seem to work out that well back then.

[jerrym]

Despite TV ratings plummeting and zero attendance, the people running the league appear steadfast in their willingness to bleed money. The most interesting part is who is the XFL going to sign to play QB? The USFL has shown IMO that there simply is not enough talent out there.

They can't say anything different because they would immediately lose a major fraction of their fan base, just like other leagues about to fold in the past and just like politicians say they will win even when they are 25% behind in the polls with a week to go in the election. Maybe they will, maybe they won't but what they say doesn't tell you anything.

[ArgoRavi]

They can't say anything different because they would immediately lose a major fraction of their fan base, just like other leagues about to fold in the past and just like politicians say they will win even when they are 25% behind in the polls with a week to go in the election. Maybe they will, maybe they won't but what they say doesn't tell you anything.

I remember AAF fans saying three years ago how investors were willing to sink hundreds of millions of dollars in that league before it folded prior to the end of the season.