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Didn't the whole fiasco start when Herschel Walker chose to be drafted by a USFL team instead of an NFL team? I think the USFL was pretty much off the radar until then.
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This is the story.The USFL actually won their case against the NFL but were awarded the paltry sum of $1...in other words, the NFL got to the jury.
No, this is the NFL failing to address the uncalled pass interference penalty from two weeks ago — one that would have almost certainly resulted in the far-superior New Orleans Saints (not the Rams) being in Atlanta.
The NFL lost the lawsuit and had to pay out $3, but it should also be clarified to the posters blaming Trump for sinking the league due to its legal dealings that the NFL was forced to pay out $5.8 million to pay for the USFL’s legal fees. This was not nearly enough to save the league.
The USFL was hemorrhaging money before the lawsuit and all the owners were either dropping out or losing money. Trump did hurt the league by pushing for a Fall switch but to solely blame him is naive and irresponsible of the facts. The league was already in dire straights and the owners got greedy and were not following the path that Dixon set forth at the beginning to remain financially stable. Many of the teams in the league could not even pay its players their weekly checks prior to the lawsuit.
Interesting to see what the AAF does with its new spring league.
Trump!
All you really need to know.
The reason the NFL refused to sell him a team numerous times.
Also “Bobby Hebert Championship QB”.Jim Mora won two championships. I don’t know why it failed.
Any chance they had of making it went out the door when they started blowing money to sign average or over the hill ex nfl or college players and when they expanded from 12 teams to 18 after just one year. Trump didn’t help the league but to say he is 70% responsible is simpy your own anti-Trump bias. The other league owners hold just as much responsibility. The move to Fall was a mistake, but the USFL was already doomed, the lawsuit was essentially its life raft which actually was pretty close to getting the league the money that could have rejuvenated it.
Pearlman’s book is excellent and full of great football nuggets. His dislike for Trump is a bit too apparent and the book even gets a little political at one point, but if you can overlook that it is well worth a read to learn about the USFL and all the crazy stories.
The law suit was the league's life raft? The law suit was an ill-advised strategy that blew up in the USFL's face. If they followed Dave Dixon's original plan for growth, which closely mirrors the AAF's, the USFL would still likely be around today.
And to be clear, I am not getting political. Talking about how by all accounts (except Donald Trump's), the league suffered from his presence is not in any way engaging in Presidential politics. If anything, you are making this political. That being said... I'm out of this thread. I can see where this is going and I don't have the time for it.