you know i kind of hope this thing takes off a little bit. more football is never a bad thing. if they truly want to be successful they should focus on rivalries. maybe let the players get out of hand a few times and have some bench clearing brawls. let them hide cell phones in the endzone or sharpies in their socks. i want to see endzone celebrations like the ones in ‘the replacements’.

put in all the fun stuff that the nfl has taken away and they just might survive for awhile.

on a side note i think it sucks that wiggins isn’t in the nfl anymore. his style may have been ugly, but the man produced.

The catch of this league was to not compete in major market areas. I had written about this a few months back.
Areas such as: Oklahoma City, Portland, Birmingham, Louisville, Salt Lake, Memphis, have all supported college teams and some had good attendance with othe league failures. These are the markets that should be brought in. People will identify with them easier.
Putting teams in Orando (Bucs market), NY (they won’t get too excited with 2 teams already), San Fran (Oakland and niners). Vegas is the only none NFL market.
Absolutely stupid in my opinion.
I would have liked to seen it in the Spring so as to give people a football fix. It would also generate better TV audiance. Although I hear they are shooting for a Thurs night schedule. A late Spring and early summer season would give them a chance to sign older unsigned FA’s and undrafted college players.
4 teams is also a joke. Yah. I’m going to be excited over being the best of 4. That’s like saying the Vikings are a dynasty with their string of NFC central and recent North title.
This league had the right idea and drifted from it. Don’t go head to head in current NFL cities-It will fail!
I believe the old AFC was able to merge with the NFL cause they had teams in markets that were not in NFL.

Every league that has run a schedule during the NFL season, even when not competing on the same day’s, has failed miserably. And I agree with the assesment of putting teams in markets with NFL teams, save Vegas, is ludicrous. While reading up and the overall vision would work, not in the fall. USFL and XFL (before Vince McMahon started doing his WWF halftime schtick ruined it) are prime examples of this. The USFL before going head to head looked promising, though I think too quick expansion ruined it as well, but going to fall was the death bell. Im all for spring and summer leagues, as the revived USFL looks like it will stick to this time, I hope and also staying away from NFL cities. If these guys had stuck to what they intended, it would have been a great thing, but just don’t see it in the fall sadly with cities in the NFL.

It’s really nice to see guys like Brooks, and Germaine, and Mike finding employment in this economy.

Now, the bad news. Unfortunately, I think Denny should name his team the San Fran Earthquake, and acknowledge it is likely to be a big disaster, setting himself up for his “it is what we thought it was” speech.

People are not looking for new ways to spend money these days. As Roger Miller said, you can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd.

I bid them all bon voyage. Football is a noble ship, but then they billed the Titanic as being unsinkable. The market conditions are just like that guy’s XFL uniform once told us, “He Hate Me”

If they stay out of those areas. I still think later Spring start would be better. Football is a sport that will sell in smaller markets. Good young players that aren’t quite NFL ready can still work at a chance for the big show and some older names that get cut and can still play will give it some shine.

They will play 1 season and will be done