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The USFL is back.
No, it’s not an April Fool’s joke. Â The four-letter league from the 1980s that started with modest aspirations and then allowed success to go to its head, prompting a Trumped-up failed competition with the NFL and a successful lawsuit that yielded just enough to buy 60 percent of a five-dollar footlong, plans to return as a true NFL minor league.
52-year-old Jamie Cuadra has acquired the brand, and he plans to launch a cost-conscious league with teams in cities that have neither pro football nor major league baseball.
If the UFL is going away I hope this gets a shot in Omaha. Â It probably wont get the same fan support as people will be a bit jaded, but a few downtown football games are welcome from me. Â What ever the league calls themselves.Players will receive $3,000 to $3,500 per game, far more than the Arena League pays. Â And the NFL will have “unfettered access” to the players, allowing them to leave whenever they want.
Target cities include Akron, Ohio, Portland, San Jose, Salt Lake City, Sacramento, Austin, Texas, Memphis, Raleigh-Durham, N.C., Birmingham, Ala., Omaha, Neb., and Baton Rouge, La. Â The USFL also hopes to hire a Commissioner with “Hall of Fame credentials,” with Cuadra in the background running the business.
