Ufl?

[McBoller]

Anyone know anything about this new football league?

[Lets_Go_Joe]

If the lack of replies is any indication, I would have to say no. I personally haven't heard anything about it.

[BmoreRav]

[quote name='McBoller' post='182665' date='Apr 21 2009, 07:34 PM']Anyone know anything about this new football league?[/quote]

The United Football League (UFL) is a professional American Football league, which plans to begin its inaugural season in October 2009. The league was founded by William Hambrecht, a Wall Street investor and former minority partner in the Oakland Invaders of the defunct United States Football League; and Tim Armstrong, a former senior executive at Google, now chairman and CEO of AOL. While the league has no official connection with the National Football League, both NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and UFL commissioner Michael Huyghue have indicated that it may eventually become a minor, or "developmental", league for the NFL.

Team details and other info is [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Football_League_(planned)"]here[/url]

[Devastat1on]

Heres the website to the UFL

[url="http://www.ufl-football.com/"]http://www.ufl-football.com/[/url]

[quote]"To fulfill the unmet needs of football fans in major markets currently underserved by professional football by providing a high quality traditional football league comprised of world class professional football players. The UFL will serve the communities with pride, dedication and passion, and uphold a leadership role in the development of football worldwide. The UFL will provide every fan with an affordable, accessible, exciting and entertaining game experience."[/quote]

On "Who is behind the UFL?
[quote]The executives behind the UFL are experienced NFL franchise builders. Commissioner Michael Huyghue has over 20 years of NFL management experience and is considered the architect in establishing the Jacksonville Jaguars as the winningest franchise of the NFL within a five-year span in his role as the team's Senior Vice President of Football Operations. While with the NFL, Commissioner Huyghue served on several of the NFL Commissioner's prominent committees, including NFL Management Council, the Executive Working Group Committee, the NFL College Advisory Committee, the NFL Europe League and as a Trustee of the NFL Players Insurance Trust. Prior to joining the UFL, Huyghue was CEO/Founder of Axcess Sports & Entertainment, where he represented a number of NFL, NBA and PGA Tour players. The League's COO is Frank Vuono who significantly expanded the scope of NFL Properties as its Vice President of Retail Licensing, has consulted for over 15 NFL teams and was personally hired by the NFL Commissioner's office to assist the Saints during the team's post-Katrina return to New Orleans. A co-founder of Integrated Sports International, the NFL Quarterback Club and its successor NFL Quarterback Greats, and most recently 16W Marketing LLC., Vuono was also instrumental in negotiating some of the largest naming rights agreements in all of professional sports and as president of marketing for SFX Sports represented hundreds of pro athletes including current 16W Marketing clients Phil Simms and Boomer Esiason. The UFL also has hired a number of former senior NFL executives to oversee team and league operations. Investors in the UFL include Bill Hambrecht, Chairman and CEO of WR Hambrecht + Co.; Tim Armstrong, President of Advertising and Commerce, North America & Vice President, Google, Inc; Paul Pelosi, President of FLS, Inc. and a consortium of others.[/quote]

It looks pretty nice.. I'll certainly tune into some of the games to see what it has to offer, but I dont think it will have much success.. It definitely wont surpass the NFL, but I hope the UFL can become sort of like a "minor league" of football.. Similar to how baseball has A, AA, and AAA teams below every MLB team.. It would be awesome if more teams would join and it DID become an official NFL minor league..