PromoTheRobot Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 https://www.americanfootballinternational.com/usfl-mock-draft-2022-all-the-best-players-by-postion-qbs-to-dbs/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Day one draft picks .. Â https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/usfl-draft-2022-picks-results-rosters/kfjtmrpdeztksutjassswllz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milanos Milano Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 20 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said: Day one draft picks ..  https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/usfl-draft-2022-picks-results-rosters/kfjtmrpdeztksutjassswllz Nice to see Taiwan Jones getting some off-season work in to help give Edmunds a few pointers lol. In all seriousness, cool to see some familiar names like Lance Lenoir, Bug, Lauletta. Even saw Lynch on there lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 On 2/22/2022 at 8:51 PM, PromoTheRobot said: Day one draft picks ..  https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/usfl-draft-2022-picks-results-rosters/kfjtmrpdeztksutjassswllz Paxton Lynch has a job with Michigan. I thought he was going to be a decent NFL QB, shows what I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Whoops. Â https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/02/28/original-usfl-sues-fox-over-usfl-reboot/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefan66 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 54 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: Whoops.  https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/02/28/original-usfl-sues-fox-over-usfl-reboot/ One would think Fox would have dealt with this already.  Can’t believe they would be this deep and not have disposed of this.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) 42 minutes ago, davefan66 said: One would think Fox would have dealt with this already.  Can’t believe they would be this deep and not have disposed of this.   Same here. I thought they had some of these original USFL folks involved. There's no question the old USFL nostalgia has value. Much of Fox's promotion of the new league is rooted in nostalgia. The names, logos and colors of these teams are 99% based on the originals. It will be interesting to see what a judge thinks.  My conspiratorial mind can't help but think The Rock called in some favors. Edited March 1, 2022 by PromoTheRobot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 https://deadspin.com/boot-this-reboot-1848609325 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bray Wyatt Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 14 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: https://deadspin.com/boot-this-reboot-1848609325 While this guy has a point in regards to why use the same names if not using the history, it comes off as someone bitter about not being asked for any involvement in the new USFL as he deems himself an expert as he wrote a book on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 On 3/1/2022 at 6:07 AM, davefan66 said: One would think Fox would have dealt with this already.  Can’t believe they would be this deep and not have disposed of this.  It says they met about it, but apparently the meeting didn't go well. FOX knows they have no legal standing and it seems like the original owners overplayed their hand. Now this is their last ditch effort to force FOX into giving them something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 (edited) Every game will be televised. Â It's not just TV programming for football fans. It's another thing to bet on. Â Â Edited March 8, 2022 by PromoTheRobot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Football season starts this week. Â Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 17 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said: Football season starts this week. Â Â Â Just look at all those stars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Don't think any UK broadcaster has picked up the rights. BT did show a few XFL games in spring 2020 before the pandemic put paid to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milanos Milano Posted April 12, 2022 Author Share Posted April 12, 2022 Will probably watch, stars or not. Would probably watch a televised backyard football game at this point. I want and need football. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 I will watch it but I have doubts it survives. Same with the XFL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 7 hours ago, IronMaidenBills said: Will probably watch, stars or not. Would probably watch a televised backyard football game at this point. I want and need football. I will definitely watch for the same reason. Just found it funny they put a bunch of players in hero poses as if anybody knew who they were. Reminds me of the Nathan Peterman hype video. 5 hours ago, Greg S said: I will watch it but I have doubts it survives. Same with the XFL. Regardless, it's the idea of a minor league that will survive. Different iterations will keep coming until one sticks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 7 hours ago, IronMaidenBills said: Will probably watch, stars or not. Would probably watch a televised backyard football game at this point. I want and need football.  Yep. A bunch of my buds got into the XFL a couple years ago for similar reasons, and initially our fanaticism was just for jokes. But by the end of the year we were all semi-invested and actually cheering for our teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 24 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said: Â Yep. A bunch of my buds got into the XFL a couple years ago for similar reasons, and initially our fanaticism was just for jokes. But by the end of the year we were all semi-invested and actually cheering for our teams. AAF had the AZ Hotshots in my city who were easy to root for and we went to a game in person, which was fun. USFL doesn't have a team here, but I'm finding it easy to get hyped for the Houston Gamblers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said: Â Yep. A bunch of my buds got into the XFL a couple years ago for similar reasons, and initially our fanaticism was just for jokes. But by the end of the year we were all semi-invested and actually cheering for our teams. Â I bought a Houston Roughnecks T. I'm such a frontrunner. (They were 9-0) 2 hours ago, LeGOATski said: AAF had the AZ Hotshots in my city who were easy to root for and we went to a game in person, which was fun. USFL doesn't have a team here, but I'm finding it easy to get hyped for the Houston Gamblers. Â They would be smart to bring some original USFL alums to be interviewed during games. I bet Jim Kelly has some good Gamblers stories. Edited April 12, 2022 by PromoTheRobot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 7 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said: Â I bought a Houston Roughnecks T. I'm such a frontrunner. (They were 9-0) Â They would be smart to bring some original USFL alums to be interviewed during games. I bet Jim Kelly has some good Gamblers stories. They really should. Guest commentators. Although technically it's not the same USFL, so they're not technically alums of this new organization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 7 hours ago, LeGOATski said: They really should. Guest commentators. Although technically it's not the same USFL, so they're not technically alums of this new organization. Â For sure. But you don't adopt the identity of those old teams if you're not looking for a little nostalgia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 I actually have a Jim Kelly Houston Gamblers jersey, somewhere... and they are the closest team to me. I guess I will be pulling for them...any team but New Jersey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Get to know the QBs. Â https://www.insider.com/usfl-teams-quarterbacks-2022-4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 (edited) Â Â Â Edited April 16, 2022 by PromoTheRobot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 https://sportsnaut.com/usfl-tv-ratings/ Â After 4 weeks, USFL TV ratings have settled in at just above a million for games on NBC and Fox. Games on cable channels like USA and FS1 are about half that. There are no ratings reported for streaming platform Peacock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevWarRifleman Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Is Chad Kelly playing in this league? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 51 minutes ago, RevWarRifleman said: Is Chad Kelly playing in this league? Â No. Neither is Johnny Manziel. There are a couple of former NFL players like QBs Paxton Lynch (bust even in the USFL) and Kyle Sloter (pretty good.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 I can't see how this league can sustain itself. Eveey game i turn on, there are maybe a few hundred people in the stands and that is probably being generous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 3 hours ago, RaoulDuke79 said: I can't see how this league can sustain itself. Eveey game i turn on, there are maybe a few hundred people in the stands and that is probably being generous. Probably family and friends. I've looked in for a minute or two while scrolling the channels and it looks horrible. Read somewhere's a few days ago that they changed a rule or two while the season is going on. Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, RaoulDuke79 said: I can't see how this league can sustain itself. Eveey game i turn on, there are maybe a few hundred people in the stands and that is probably being generous.  All that matters is tv ratings, which has settled in at about a million when on Fox or NBC. You are aware that every game is being played in Birmingham, right? 4 games every weekend. When the local team plays, the Stallions, they get around 15K. 4 hours ago, T&C said: Probably family and friends. I've looked in for a minute or two while scrolling the channels and it looks horrible. Read somewhere's a few days ago that they changed a rule or two while the season is going on. Lol.  I don't see a problem with that. It's a new league owned by TV networks. There's no commissioner. Heck, there are no team owners. If you see something that needs changing, you change it. Edited May 16, 2022 by PromoTheRobot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 1 minute ago, PromoTheRobot said:  Ask that matters is tv ratings, which has settled in at about a million when on Fox or NBC. You are aware that every game is being played in Birmingham, right? 4 games every weekend. When the local team plays, the Stallions, they get around 15K. I wasn't aware of any of this. I give it 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 11 minutes ago, RaoulDuke79 said: I wasn't aware of any of this. I give it 2 years. Â The plan is to move the teams into their home cities eventually, maybe next year. But the whole point of the league is to create tv content, give gamblers something to bet on, and maybe a handful of players get to go to an NFL camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptide Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 The games arnt THAT bad. I think one thing they need to do is shorten the quarters to 10 mins. Also, maybe consider limiting the runs. Like maybe a team can only run once for every 1st down, or something like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 45 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: I don't see a problem with that. It's a new league owned by TV networks. There's no commissioner. Heck, there are no team owners. If you see something that needs changing, you change it. That's why it won't make it... too gimmicky with nothing stable. I don't know anyone who watches it to be honest. 9 minutes ago, Steptide said: The games arnt THAT bad. I think one thing they need to do is shorten the quarters to 10 mins. Also, maybe consider limiting the runs. Like maybe a team can only run once for every 1st down, or something like that They should change the name of the game to Field Sport or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 1 hour ago, T&C said: That's why it won't make it... too gimmicky with nothing stable. I don't know anyone who watches it to be honest.   1) It's football., 2) You can bet on it.  It already out-rates NHL and MLB games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 6 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: Â 1) It's football., 2) You can bet on it. Â It already out-rates NHL and MLB games. Seems you can bet on just about anything these days. This usfl is higher rated than the NHL playoff games? I have a hard time believing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, T&C said: Seems you can bet on just about anything these days. This usfl is higher rated than the NHL playoff games? I have a hard time believing that.  See for yourself. https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/the-sked/tvratings/skedball-tvratings  Keep in mind games on the big networks do better than the cable channels. Edited May 16, 2022 by PromoTheRobot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 9 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said: Â 1) It's football., 2) You can bet on it. Â It already out-rates NHL and MLB games. Â I am surprised if it does. It looks like nobody is at these games. When it comes to football the only leagues fans care about are the NFL and CFB. All of these other leagues seem to fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalosouth Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 One of my kids(the biggest football fan) is pumped for all of these games. Any time he sees or hears an ad for it he is all in. Not being a fan of a certain team makes it a lot easier to be a fan of the game itself and explain it to your kids without being compromised by a rooting interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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