[16][17][18], On November 17, 2021, it was announced that The Spring League founder Brian Woods would serve as the league's president, as well as Daryl Johnston as EVP of football operations, Mike Pereira as head of officiating, and Edward Hartman as EVP of business operations. The USFL is returning in the spring of 2022. Joining him were some familiar faces, and great names to have in a startup. Players are required to sign USFL contracts before Tuesdays draft. Amid the noise, lounging out with his feet up on his desk, with his AirPods plugged in, an idea struck him. President - The president of the Board presides at all meetings of the Board of Directors. We have a very strong relationship in that respect. With more news in the works, it looks as if this relationship with FOX could turn out to be a long-term win for the organization. Tampa-native Brian Woods is leading the charge to reboot the league with one of its most popular teams. The move was necessitated, league officials said, by a too-close-for-comfort calendar conflict with the World Games opening ceremonies, long been slated for July 7 at Protective Stadium. I'm now living in the greater Houston area and I am one of the few journalists covering spring football. Our plan is to be a dominant stand-alone spring professional football property. A catch must be made with one foot inbounds (same as, Defensive pass interference will be penalized similar to college football (15-yard penalty or spot foul if within 15 yards of the line of scrimmage). 2022 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ninety-eight percent of our rules come directly from the NFL rulebook, he said. Phone number, address, and email on Spokeo, the leading people search directory for contact information and public records. There would be no expansion that year, and the league would continue to use a hub model, with "two to four" locations housing all eight teams. 2023 WWB Holdings, LLC. The only thing we know is Spring League Founder & CEO Brian Woods is a co-founder of the new USFL and that Fox also has a co-ownership stake in the league . The seeds were planted in 2020 when The Spring League and FOX decided to partner up and air TSL games in the fall and then the following spring. Theres probably close to 1500 players in the transfer portal right now, Woods says. Our records at AllPeople indicate Brian Lynch was associated with Beachside Assisted Living between 2013 and 2021. According to initial information, USFL players/staff would be housed in Birmingham during the season for an estimated economic impact of about $15 million (47,000 hotel nights), while the league would play the bubble season at Protective Stadium and Legion Field. See the UFL, FXFL, Reggie Fowler, and Tom Dundon with the AAF. Now should Trump and the other owners gone to the fall? (Only exceptions: A handful of high-profile college players who in the transform portal, are two years removed from high school and one year away from NFL draft eligibility and want to get paid rather than play another collegiate season. Still, in recent days, writer Greg Lucas report out of the San Antonio Express supports the recent scuttlebutt. Despite how things ended, he walked away from the experience favorably. He's been in the industry for a while now and has had his fair share of struggles and detractors. There will be some rising juniors, some current college players who will be playing in the USFL this year that will forego their junior year in college to play in the USFL. Woods has a very staunch hammer behind this venturea multi-year deal with FOX Sports, coupled with programming on NBC. [62] The new deal also include a $400 per week housing stipend. [35] The Spring League, and later the NSFL, acquired most of the USFL's trademarks after the last attempt to revive them, the A-11 Football League, let them go dormant after its own failed launch in 2014. Whats unique is the game will be televised by both Fox and NBC, which is the first time two broadcast networks have scheduled to air the same sports event at the same time since both NBC and CBS aired Super Bowl I. No flip-wrist band with hieroglyphic shorthand for who all must make this spring football thing work. USFL players minimum salaries will be $5,350 per week, up from the current $4,500 per week payout ($2,500 for inactive players) and $150 a week toward 401K contributions, while weekly performance bonuses will be cancelled. Were paying a good wage to players who can call themselves professional football players. In time, we can become even more player-centric. Brian Woods is the Chief Executive Officer at The Spring League based in Wilmington, Delaware. Since its original announcement, the USFL had purchased more trademarks including new team names like the Birmingham Stallions, Jacksonville Bulls, and Portland Breakers, and variations on the already existing trademarks. [4] The postseason games were played in Canton, Ohio, at the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.[5]. Players also received win bonuses of $850 per win and $10,000 for winning the championship. They need extra repetitions, they need to remain relevant.. One of the valid reasons for hub city sites was to deal with the current pandemic, but from a financial standpoint, the strategy made perfect sense. When the news officially broke many assumed that The Spring League would become the feeder league to the USFL. On the flip side, the Orlando Renegades, Jacksonville Bulls, and Tampa Bay Bandits could all play at a Florida site. We want to try to make them stars in the USFL. [38][39] In response, the league attorneys claimed "The new USFL registered its intellectual property rights in 2011". Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. The overwhelming response would be: Just finished the season; we have seen these other leagues come and go. If we can just finish our first season, that will certainly give fans a lot more confidence in what were doing, as opposed to some of these other failed efforts of the past.. Were positioned very well and have met all of our critical deadlines. Since January, trademarks for the 1980s spring league had been acquired by Woods and TSL, sparking questions about their intentions. Prior to kickoff, The Spring League CEO Brian Woods join Dave Griffith of FOX 59 Indianapolis to talk about the upcoming season. The USFL plans to kick off its season on Saturday, April 16, when the Stallions play the Generals. "We were only around three seasons, but the USFL was a classy, well-respected name," Erhart said. On January 25, 2022, the city of Birmingham announced that the league headquarters would be in Birmingham, and all games of the 2022 USFL season would be played at Protective Stadium and Legion Field. Equipment Manager Andrew Skwara (Birmingham Stallions), Interview with New Orleans Breakers QB Aqeel Glass, Talking with Tony Paul (The Detroit News) | USFL Podcast Interview. The inaugural 2022 regular season was played in its entirety in Birmingham, Alabama. Any number of teams could remain here. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. That will give fans a little more confidence in this venture. Since the start of the new year, the Spring League has filed for several USFL trademarks. We will have a sprinkling of former NFL Draft picks, so well have some young guys. When the USFL relaunch was first announced, it was right in the middle of The Spring League Season. The USFL is partnering with Strayer University to offer further educational opportunities with free tuition for any player who comes into the USFL and wants to finish their degree or pursue an advanced degree. The shift to the USFL may change things moving forward from a promotional standpoint but how deep into their pockets is FOX willing to go? There are a lot of different possibilities where we can land.. Embed from Getty Images If the challenge is not in the favor of the coach who called it, his team will lose a timeout; if successful, he will keep the challenge and receive an additional challenge. For several weeks now, sources have indicated that the USFL is looking to secure owners for each of their teams in 2022. What will raise some antennas is that college sophomores, depending on their talent level, will be eligible to play. document.getElementById("ak_js_1").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. [29] The day after that the league announced the draft order for the 2022 USFL Draft. Not to mention many of the teams were mismanaged. Brian Woods, USFL VP football operations There's also this: Almost all players, according to Woods, will be paid $4,500 each week they are active on a team's 38-person roster, along with an. Los Angeles - The new United States Football League (USFL) revealed city affiliations, names, and logos for the eight teams taking the field when the league debuts in April 2022: "We're excited to take this next major step in the development of a new USFL," said Brian Woods, USFL President of Football Operations. If plane flights are too expensive then this is really an AA minor league. As we sit at the cusp of the onset of this unique experiment that will see all eight teams of the new USFL playing in our city over 10 weeksjust days from the leagues draft (Feb. 22-23) and less than a month before Birmingham is swarmed with athletes with dreams, coaches, and other personnel for the start of training campits ultimate outcome is as uncertain as predicting the winner of Super Bowl LVII. On March 23, 2022, the USFL announced an initial series of rule tweaks it would implement for its games. Brian Lynch in Melbourne Beach, Florida. So now, all of the Ts are crossed and Is dotted on contracts to play 40 games at Protective Stadium and Legion Field. Woods, who founded The Spring League, a showcase developmental league and scouting event from 2017 to 2021, happened to catch FOX Sports Chief Executive Officer and Executive Producer Eric Shanks driving. Prior to Week 5 of the first season, the scoring team's extra point decision could not be changed after a penalty or a timeout. Football USFL from Twitter/USFLStars A look at the new uniforms that will be worn by the Philadelphia Stars during the inaugural seasons of the new USFL. You guys really need to pump the brakes on the Mumme train. Despite not having the history that Steve Spurrier has with the USFL brand. The same way the Spring League did in 2021. Were not so sure if thats the case, just yet at least. Woods believes it might have survived. And how will the new owners of the property make the league work? The leagues owners, led by FOX Sports, have said over and over and over again that its great to be in Birmingham, that theyve wanted to be in Birmingham almost since ex-City Councilor William Parker reached out to them last summer and pitched them. Fox Sports CEO and executive producer Eric Shanks called the USFLs relaunch a landmark day for football fans and Fox Sports. Many wishfully believe that FOX will take a larger stake in the league and start covering half the costs moving forward. "I'm extremely passionate about football and the opportunity to work with Fox Sports and to bring back the USFL in 2022 was an endeavor worth pursuing," said Brian Woods, co-founder of the new USFL and founder and CEO of The Spring League. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[336,280],'xflnewshub_com-leader-2','ezslot_24',135,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-xflnewshub_com-leader-2-0');Utilizing a hub city model in 2022 would save the USFL on travel and facility expenses and potentially sell the leagues teams to markets, prospective owners, and sponsors. The USFL would still sell tickets at full capacity to all of their games but having a San Antonio team play a year in Houston could be awkward to kick off your league but from a financial perspective. And tens of millions of dollars is what its going to take, even if the league tries to operate on a shoestring budget. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. "We're looking for is the to be strategic. To make the USFL relaunch have some cache, the leagues leadership might have to. We certainly want to see what we can do this year in terms of making sure that theres some local feel to each team, even if its only a few players. [52] For the 2022 regular season, tickets would be sold at $10 per person, with children aged 15 and under free, for the two semi-final games tickets are sold at $15 per person and children under 15 at $5 those prices are increased by $5 for the championship game. [19] After scoring their touchdown, a team must indicate whether they will go for 1, 2, or 3 points. [citation needed] Tickets were released to the public at $10 per person; children aged 15 and under were admitted for free. The USFL could save a lot of money in expenses and ultimately buy themselves another year. If you want to be seen as a talent, the USFL is the place to show off your skills. Hes been in the industry for a while now and has had his fair share of struggles and detractors. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Fox Sports owns a. Team names from the USFLs past, like the Generals, were already in play with the Spring League, but others like the Stars, Showboats, Gold, Gamblers, Express, Bandits, Breakers, and Blitz were all trademarked in early June. Three-point conversion from the 10-yard line, which the XFL used in both. There will also be NFL players off practice squads and guys that are coming off active rosters that were not re-signed this spring that will be participating. If the right elements are there in place after the first season, it's could be very likely that Pittsburgh can see the Maulers in Pittsburgh," according to Woods. The FXFL had a franchise fee set at $500,000; the league struggled to find suitors and maintain that goal during its brief run. Woods says what keeps him up at night now is making sure we have a good product on the field, and I confidently feel we will. No laminated sheet of choreographed lines, circles, and Xs behind which Brian Woods, architect of the new United States Football League, may shield his mouth while shouting commands. Cuts travel exp and possibly lodging while having local fans in stands and on TV.The one thing is for sure FOX needs sports programing, cheap programming or at least inexpensive; One that they have some control over.Curious about the fact they want more than 8 teams, that may really imply individual ownership as a way to raise capital, because 8 team is cheaper to run than 10 cost wise. Brian Woods, who is the President of Football Operations for the 2nd generation of the USFL thinks Pittsburgh is a perfect fit this time around. Once upon a time, Woods, a sports lawyer, tried to run a genuine pro football league called the Fall Experimental Football League. Our contract structure is set up in such a way that if a player gets done playing in an USFL season, that player has almost six weeks before NFL training camps open. The players used to have Gumball Rallies on payday to race to see who can get to this one bank in Podunk, Tx to cash their checks before the money ran out. Brian Woods, the founder The Spring League, is the USFL's president of football operations, while Fox NFL and college football rules analyst Mike Pereira will act as the head of officiating.. Post Week Two Power Week two TV ratings are in for the XFL 2023 season. Brian Woods - the founder and CEO of The Spring League from 2017 to 2021 and a co-founder of the new USFL - will serve as the league's President of Football Operations. [26], The first game was played on April 16, 2022 between the Birmingham Stallions and the New Jersey Generals at Protective Stadium. The USFL brand might have scar tissue from its demise a few decades ago, but there is still some nostalgia and goodwill within that property By the time the XFL returns to the field, The Spring League might be waiting there for them as a viable challenger. The league's "Replay Command" center, based at. The league will be mostly comprised of younger unknown players. However, they may not necessarily play in San Antonio, at least not in 2022. On June 3rd, FOX Sports and The Spring League announced that they were bringing back the United States Football League. Sports Business Executive: Expertise in contract law gained in a major sports law firm; Proven record in successfully negotiating and drafting contracts, endorsement deals and licensing agreements. As in the NFL, no fouls for pass interference or ineligible player downfield will be called if the ball fails to cross the line of scrimmage. The top half of the leagues owners had to attempt to pull the lower half out of the abyss and eventually the latter dragged the whole league down. [28] The following day, on February 17, 2022, the league revealed uniforms for each team. It might still be a viable model even if better days are ahead in a post-vaccination world. (Adds statement from The Spring League in 18th and 19th paragraphs.) According to Steve Ehrhart, former USFL executive director, he still owns the league rights and the "USFL still exists", while stating that the league officials still get monthly royalty checks. the league will not finish its first season in Birmingham. Officials reached an agreement for the Memphis Showboats to play the USFL 2023 season at historic Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, home of the 1980s team that featured Pro Football Hall of Famer Reggie White. They are also not obligated to stay at the Sheraton, the leagues hotel designee. THESE PLAYERS BRING A PASSION TO THE GAME THAT IS TRULY ELITE AS THEY PURSUE THEIR DREAM TO PLAY PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. That being said, we started scouting players and evaluating talent with former NFL scouts in NFL training camps last fall making the rounds, trying to identify some players. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'xflnewshub_com-leader-1','ezslot_11',131,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-xflnewshub_com-leader-1-0');The FXFL envisioned six franchises primarily based in minor league baseball stadiums with individual team owners. Its quite sound and built for sustainability, he says. What are the implications for XFL since they also play in The Spring? Heres a tip for the USFL: PUBLIC COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP! I thought we had worked something out [with the USFL] but at least we still have the league playing their regular-season games here., Theres also this: Almost all players, according to Woods, will be paid $4,500 each week they are active on a teams 38-person roster, along with an $850 weekly win bonus. "Today is a monumental day for the new USFL as we hit the 100-days-to-kickoff mark," Brian Woods, the USFL's president of football operations, said in a statement. That USFL is not here, of course. I would imagine Heinz field would be in the conversation but that could be too big. [68] Each of the eight teams originally had a 38-man active roster and a 7-man practice squad. Why would someone leave school for the USFL? In the early 2000s, he created the Fall Experimental Football League, a minor league whose main objective was development. Keep the bullshit BLM politics out of the USFL and it has a chance, people are hungry for sports without pol, I agree with 4th&long Fox needs cheap content that it can control unless someone comes forward with $200 million dollars we are probably looking at hub cities and a very tight geographic footprint bus travel and short plane rides USFL will pay their players unlike TSL Two or three stadium leases using two camera crews per weekend vs 4 and also not having to move the Camera/broadcast crews around has to save a lot of money , I wonder if having ten teams isnt a mechanism for getting a certain number of football content hours to Fox? The previous incarnation of the USFL did not. 5 games a week vs 4 games a week? We feel like we can exist in the spring. Long term, everyone on the team at FOX and the USFL, we want to create a real dominant spring professional football product., Joseph Santoliquito is an award-winning sportswriter based in the Philadelphia area who has been writing for PhillyVoice since its inception in 2015 and is the president of the Boxing Writers Association of America. [19], On January 4, 2022, NBC Sports reported that a player selection meeting would be held on February 22 and 23 to set teams. For cost purposes, its not out of the realm of possibility that the San Antonio Gunslingers, the Austin Stallions, and a Houston-based franchise could play at Rice stadium next spring. Your email address will not be published. Its going to cost them tens of millions of dollars yearly to operate. XFL News Hub is not associated or affiliated with Alpha Opco, LLC ("XFL") in any way. I think the NFL can absolutely benefit from an alternative football league in a lot of ways. Roy S. Johnson is a 2021 Pulitzer Prize finalist for commentary and winner of 2021 Edward R. Morrow prize for podcasts: Unjustifiable, co-hosted with John Archibald. [57], For the 2022 season, player pay structure was $45,000 for Active Roster players, $15,000 for Practice Squad Players, and $600 weekly during training camp. Since last months announcement, followers and supporters of the spring pro football concept, which has seen a mini-renaissance, with the AAF and XFL drawing favorable interest and reviews in recent years, have been waiting anxiously for the first big piece of news to drop about the USFL. Shorter term, it seems like there may be some big news coming. TSL had two hub city sites with four teams each in Houston at Rice Stadium and Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium this past spring. We are absolutely trying to make it a little more incentivizing for them, Woods said.). Brian Woods, the founder and CEO of The Spring League from 2017 to 2021 and a co-founder of the new USFL, will serve as the league's President of Football Operations. ", "Based on Trademarks Which USFL Teams Could We See Return In 2022", "USFL Unveils Team Cities, Nicknames and Logos for 2022 Debut", "USFL expands game-day rosters by two, total rosters by five", "USFL Unveils Logos, Team Names Ahead of Return Season", "USFL hires Ray Horton as Pittsburgh Maulers head coach", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Football_League_(2022)&oldid=1141794890, National Spring Football League Enterprises Co, LLC. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. Generating revenue in San Antonio would be tough if all the games are in Houston. [58][59] Players were required to pay their own rent, but the league offered a reduced hotel price at a cost of $75 per room per day, with an option for two players to share a room. The big question is, if and when the maulers come to Pittsburgh, where will they play? McMullen: McVay finishes off productive week with more than just a Lombardi Trophy, The return of the USFL to Philadelphia is a no-brainer, Eagles name Alex Tanney QB coach, plus other coaching staff updates, The food you eat impacts the health of your eyes, Construction of Penn's Landing park over I-95 finally approved to begin, PennDOT says, Joanna McClinton becomes first woman elected as speaker of Pa. House, Rocco's Italian Sausage, a cult favorite at Home Depot stores in Philly, to expand in Bucks County, Low-calorie sweetener tied to higher risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds. Im hoping Woods and Fox Sports arent low balling this, because fans will bail quickly if its a misrepresentation of what the USFL was. For the first year of the CBA, the roster size will stay at 50 (40 active/10 inactive), while from the second year going forward the makeup changes to 42 active and 8 inactive. Prior to kickoff, The Spring League CEO Brian Woods join Dave Griffith of FOX 59 Indianapolis to talk about the upcoming season. The purple and orange with a logo of a steelworker using a sledgehammer, only lasted one year here and were the worst team in the league back in the 1980s. (Photo by Greg Garrison/AL.com). Well have in the ballpark of 16 to 20 players that are still a year away from their draft eligibility. Required fields are marked *. Your email address will not be published. That ended the old USFL, which featured the Philadelphia Stars, the team that won the second league title and discovered eventual pro football Hall of Famer the late Sam Mills, a 5-foot-9 linebacker who the NFL previously never gave a chance. Mumme is coming off of winning a championship in TSL with the Linemen. Its been a whos-who acronym of failure, with the UFL (2009-2012), NFL Europe (1991-2007), the FXFL (2014-2016), the XFL (twice) and most recently the Alliance of American Football (2019) all collapsing. Last month, at the splashy confirmation at Protective, Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks said nothing was in stone for year two. Therein lies the rub. Teams will have three scrimmage-play options to attempt a point(s) after touchdown: Two-point conversion from the three-yard line (same as the NCAA). Were ready to go. All eight teams will play in one location in Birmingham, Alabama in year one. The goal from jump street was to lead up to a USFL launch, with teams from the leagues past returning to represent their cities. The Gunslingers were a comedy act. Is there any contact information for the League? I hope my Stars come back. [27], On February 16, 2022, the league announced that the 2022 Playoffs would be held in Canton, Ohio, at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium instead of Birmingham due to conflicting scheduling with the 2022 World Games. There are certainly players that are looking for a home and the USFL offers them an opportunity if the player is interested in turning pro, especially if theyre a quarterback who might enter the transfer portal. Were certainly going to keep a solid relationship with the NFL.. Copyright 2022 XFL News Hub. He was not going to check all of the boxes to be an NFL-type linebacker. 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