just fyi about UFL (United Football League)

by usana_gaines on Jul 16, 2009 6:42 AM EDT

I figure I'mnot the only one who wants more football than regular season NFL games, so I'm posting this little bit from CNNSI T&R

The United Football League will kick off in October with teams in New York, San Francisco, Orlando and Las Vegas. The maximum salary will approach the minimum $620,000 a four-year NFL veteran gets, with some players making as little as $35,000, plus incentive bonuses. While such stars as Marvin Harrison and Derrick Brooks, both currently unsigned by NFL clubs, could wind up in the UFL -- so might Michael Vick, something commissioner Michael Huyghue is considering -- most of the players won't register highly on the recognition scale.

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I hope it works out and there is a high quality of play. I have always thought there is no such thing as too much football. I checked out the rosters on wikipedia, those qb’s are in for a hell of a season without a full compliment of offensive linemen.

by Strickland843 on Jul 16, 2009 11:01 AM EDT reply actions

I doubt any former star who has issues other than rehabing their image will end up there.

Check out the results from their draft. Those are the guys who actually went to the league and expressed playing. A few names you might recognize (Adam Archuleta, Chris Perry, Brooks Bollinger, Rien Long, Rob Petitti, Anthony Schlegel, Nate Jackson, David Kircus, Cecil Sapp, Brian Johnson, Shannon Woods, former Panthers LaBrandon Toefield, Keith Hinrich, and Dominique Thompson), but mostly scrubs you’ve never heard of. Unless the NFL develops an affiliated minor league such that NFL teams have an incentive to put money into player development on the lower levels, I don’t ever see one of these leagues really making it big.

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by MichaelProcton on Jul 16, 2009 11:57 AM EDT reply actions

They are certainly off to a better start than the XFL

At least this will still be football, and it would not be unusual to think that it becomes a minor leagues of sort for the NFL (now that NFL Europe is defunct)

I doubt you find guys on the edge of retiring playing there (especially if they are to retire as future hall of famers) such as Marvin Harrison and Derrick Brooks. But why not give the practice squad guys, and the undrafted free agents a place to go and hone their skills in a normal football field of play (unlike arena and the CFL)

by Tater596 on Jul 16, 2009 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions

imo

In my opinion, I’m really only concerned with having a litte more football to watch. Many of these guys will have skillsets comparable to NFL players, but they will be lacking in something else. For example, if I could catch as well as Jerry Rice, maybe I could play in a bootleg Thursday football league, but my measurables (5’9, no vertical jump, don’t wanna run the 40, hate playing in the cold) have kept me out of the NFL so far.

by usana_gaines on Jul 17, 2009 4:42 AM EDT up reply actions

Haha...

Good point. I do think there will be those who just turn it on and watch because it’s the closest thing we’ve seen to real football in a while. If ESPN can get 2,000,000 people to watch the International Bowl between UConn and Buffalo, there’s probably a market.

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by MichaelProcton on Jul 17, 2009 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions

That is

definately me, if it’s football and it’s on tv I will most likely watch it.

by Strickland843 on Jul 17, 2009 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions

Sounds like a great way to lose a lot of money

Lets see if they make it through their first season

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by Jaxon on Jul 16, 2009 3:58 PM EDT reply actions

JP Losman will be starting for the Las Vegas Team

JP Losman to QB for UFL team

It appears Losman has given up on finding NFL work and will go play in the UFL.

by Tater596 on Jul 22, 2009 1:30 PM EDT reply actions

Ha...

Wasn’t he just suggested as an upgrade over Delhomme?

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by MichaelProcton on Jul 22, 2009 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions

He was suggested as a possible back up for Delhomme. A better backup than MC and Moore.

I think some NFL teams are crazy not to sign the guy… especially SanFran and the Seahawks.

by packpigskinfan25 on Jul 23, 2009 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions

But...

Do you think they’re less aware of their QB troubles than you? He got interest from several teams this offseason, yet nobody signed him. One would think NFL teams are doing their homework.

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by MichaelProcton on Jul 23, 2009 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions

Your right… I know less then the team do. However- so do you.

by packpigskinfan25 on Jul 23, 2009 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions

ask a Buffalo fan(the breed of fan that can do more then just rag on a guy… i know those are hard to find coming from Buffalo, but still…) about Losman and they will tell you that they wished it would have worked out because the guy is extremely talented and wants nothing more then to win- but just couldnt get it together during the times when they had a shotty OL and weak receivers.

by packpigskinfan25 on Jul 23, 2009 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions

Beauty of the UFL

Its only a 6 game season, he may be using it as a chance to play some football and hopefully catch on with a team desperate for a QB as the NFL season wears on.

by Tater596 on Jul 23, 2009 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions

But what of Trent Edwards?

I certainly wouldn’t say he’s going to ever be a top 10 QB, but he certainly looked better faster while younger than Losman did, with the vast majority of the personnel the same.

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by MichaelProcton on Jul 23, 2009 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions

Edwards is one of the main reasons Losman is out in Buffalo…

To say that “vast majority of the personnel” is the same is completely off. The Bills had very poor drafts from 200-2004, and are just now getting out of that. They have been VERY injury prone, and quite young too. The team now is a completely different team then it was when Loseman was given his chances- or thrown into the Lions Den, as I would say.

by packpigskinfan25 on Jul 23, 2009 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions