Several sources have indicated to me the genuine possibility that because of the short amount of time remaining for the USFL to set up shop in markets before their 2022 season, and for financial reasons, that the league could decide to play in an expanded hub city model next spring. We dont want to be drafting players not currently under contract with the league because that could create issues in terms of filling rosters, Woods said. Woods said the league will issue standard contracts to every player, each receiving the same base compensation. The first season is everything, Woods, the leagues head of football operations, shared with me not long ago. Its hard to put a value on that.. Recently, other spring football leagues have failed. the USFL in 2022 was an endeavor worth pursuing," Brian Woods, cofounder of the new USFL and founder and CEO of The Spring League . Despite the failings of leagues like this in the past, surprisingly, I get the sense that there is still hope out there that the USFL could finally be the league that finally bucks history. TSL CEO Brian Woods Teases Major Announcement in Upcoming Weeks. The new USFL did not inherit the old USFL's unpaid liabilities, nor its television contract; it instead holds a new contract with Fox Sports, which already owns both the rights to and an equity stake in The Spring League, and with NBC Sports. Copyright 2022 XFL News Hub. Brian Lynch in Melbourne Beach, Florida. Brian Woods, who founded The Spring League and served as CEO of the developmental organization from 2017 to 2021, will be the USFL's president of football operations. Yesterday Brian Woods joined KDKA, Pittsburgh CBS affiliate, to discuss the new team and promote the upcoming season. Our teams will be reporting to training camp on March 22, and were scheduled to kick off on Saturday, April 16. Had the original USFL incarnation not hiked up its britches, led by one full-of-himself Donald Trump, and tried to bully the NFL into a merger by shifting its schedule to the fall of 1986. Fox Sports owns the league and has reportedly committed $150 million$200 million over three years to its operations,[50][51] with plans to attract an additional $250 million from investors. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. 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. Starting this season, every game will be televised and The Spring League will be aired on FOX, FS1 and FS2 instead of just FS1 and FS2. The big question is, if and when the maulers come to Pittsburgh, where will they play? PhillyVoice Contributor. If you want to be seen as a talent, the USFL is the place to show off your skills. He was not going to check all of the boxes to be an NFL-type linebacker. Its not a streaming network. It [did] neither, she said via text. I must admit that I have never heard of this league until now. You guys really need to pump the brakes on the Mumme train. So it makes sense that the USFL would try to reach into the nostalgia playbook and look to bring on some familiar faces with ties to the leagues past. On January 6, 2022, four of eight teams unveiled their head coaches and general managers on The Herd with Colin Cowherd. 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. The league's "Replay Command" center, based at. It's part of a plan to make sure the league exists beyond this season unlike other failed leagues. Phone number, address, and email on Spokeo, the leading people search directory for contact information and public records. In theory, the USFL would set up multiple hub sites that would house and train three to four teams at once. Well have in the ballpark of 16 to 20 players that are still a year away from their draft eligibility. Its worth noting that the USFL has multiple team names trademarked in Texas and Florida. As reported on this site, Spurrier was one of the people who sold Bob Stoops on joining the XFL. 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. It is no longer operational, nor is it affiliated with the USFL, Woods said. Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks announces the first game of the new USFL will air on both Fox and NBC on April 16 in prime time. For the original league which played from 19831985, see, Last edited on 26 February 2023, at 21:06, "USFL, BJCC reach tentative MOU to bring relaunch season to Birmingham", "USFL to host all 2022 season games in Birmingham", "Stars vs. "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. The league will have a minimum of eight teams. Officials with the USFL and FOX Sports unveiled the eight franchises on The Herd with Colin Cowherd Monday. 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. His column appears in The Birmingham News and AL.com, as well as the Huntsville Times, the Mobile Press-Register. The vision is simple, too, Woods emphasized. We feel like we can exist in the spring. Post Week Two Power Week two TV ratings are in for the XFL 2023 season. The USFL filed an antitrust suit against the NFL, which resulted in the NFL violating anti-monopoly laws and USFL winning a $1 judgement. Enter former Tampa Bay Bandits head coach Steve Spurrier. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. We have no intent on taking on the NFL. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Woods launched The Spring League, another developmental league for aspiring players that began play in . Woods, who started The Spring League in 2017, was a former adviser to the Alliance of American Football, another startup spring league whose financing fell through and filed for bankruptcy two years ago. Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more. Although not directly connected, it's hard to argue that we'd see the USFL had it not been for The Spring League. [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. "We're excited to take this next major step in the development of a new USFL" said Brian Woods, who made the announcement this afternoon on The Colin Cowherd Show on FOX Sports. All the games will be played at either Protective Stadium or Legion Field. Even if FOX, Brian Woods, and company decided to run a barebones league. When you account for all these things, Its easy to see why the suggestion of individual team owners is coming into play. Previously, Brian was the Co-Founder at United Stat Read More Contact Brian Woods's Phone Number and Email Last Update 11/28/2022 11:16 AM Email b***@thespringleague.com Engage via Email Contact Number (***) ***-**** Engage via Phone Mobile Number The truth is that the plan by Brian Woods and FOX to bring back the USFL brand has been in the works for quite some time. Charges at another hotel, though, will count towards the contractual room guarantee of around 40,000 room nights. [38][39] In response, the league attorneys claimed "The new USFL registered its intellectual property rights in 2011". Catch all the action next year on FOX Sports.Listen as @USFLOfficials iconic #22 @DougFlutie weighs in on the leagues return in 2022. pic.twitter.com/K0Hw0N54rp. 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 "Pittsburgh is definitely an area that country. If you spoke to Eric and Eric made those statements, then that is absolutely a fair assessment, he said. Equipment Manager Andrew Skwara (Birmingham Stallions), Interview with New Orleans Breakers QB Aqeel Glass, Talking with Tony Paul (The Detroit News) | USFL Podcast Interview. Daily conversations took place, pieces began taking shape, and in June 2021, FOX announced the new United States Football League would begin play in April 2022. 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. 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. "We're looking for is the to be strategic. [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. This captivated Shanks. I think our scouts have done a really good job in evaluating players and even finding some that have slipped under the radar that have gone unnoticed. Hal Mumme Talks The Spring League, Air Raid, USFL, XFL, Fun of Coaching. The United States Football League announced Thursday that it . The USFL will play 40 regular-season games here but skedaddle for Canton, Ohio, home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, where it will host its three playoff gamestwo semifinals and the championship gameat Tom Benson Hall of Fame Field. Maybe its a situation where theyre not starting, had they been in another program, they would be the starter. Any number of teams could remain here. [15], The proposal included an eight-team 10-week season with two additional playoff rounds, from April 16 through July 3, 2022, with the broadcast proposal as follows: 25% each on Fox, NBC, FS1 and USA. Though no one will say how that number will be calculated or whos counting. 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. Youre not chasing your dream in the USFL, youre living it. Another vital key to the possible success of the USFL is that it has a good relationship with the NFL, according to Woods. [41] The Real USFL, LLC withdrew its suit with prejudice on August 22, 2022. In fact, shortly before kickoff, CEO Brian Woods teased that a major announcement was coming later in the season. But whats the pitch? What will raise some antennas is that college sophomores, depending on their talent level, will be eligible to play. The current USFL champions are the Birmingham Stallions, who won the league's most recent championship game against the Philadelphia Stars on July 3, 2022, 3330. FOX Sports has a minority equity stake in the company (TSL) that owns the new USFL. That player is free to pursue an NFL opportunity after they get done playing for their USFL team. Former Dallas Cowboys player and veteran Fox NFL analyst Daryl Johnston will be executive VP of football operations; Mike Pereira, a former top NFL official and now Fox Sports NFL and college rules analyst, will be the new leagues head of officiating; and Edward Hartman will be EVP of business operations for the USFL, while retaining his current position as SVP of digital partnerships and wagering at Fox Sports. We want to make sure that the markets have what they need in terms of resources, maybe potentially local investor operators. We are filling a very critical void, explains league Founder and CEO Brian Woods, that middle ground between college and the NFL where players still need time to develop. Generating revenue in San Antonio would be tough if all the games are in Houston. The league has not yet determined how it will assign players with an affinity to local markets, nor whether it is that vital for the inaugural season, except for the always-home-team Birmingham Stallions. Hes been in the industry for a while now and has had his fair share of struggles and detractors. Hes long been a believer in the viability of spring football. Of the nearly two dozen different team names that the USFL has retained the rights for, most of them will be put on the back burner for the future and not used in 2022. It might still be a viable model even if better days are ahead in a post-vaccination world. Woods believes it might have survived. For the 2022 season's first three weeks, the game clock will be stopped after each incomplete pass, no matter which point of the game it occurred. Learn how your comment data is processed. The goal, like TSL, was to become a developmental league funded by the NFL. Back in April, on this site, an article raised the possibility of a returning USFL. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. Hell no but anyone who blames Trump solely is doing it based on politics and not reality. He also stated that the USFL has a database of 3,000 players that theyre going to explore. The past meets the future in 2022. Ivey, Republican lawmakers, I am an affirmative action baby; so are you, Hey, Republicans, anti-voting rights is anti-American, even anti-Republican. 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. 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. I hope my Stars come back. Last month, at the splashy confirmation at Protective, Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks said nothing was in stone for year two. 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. Hall of Famer and all-time great Reggie White also got his professional start in the USFL. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Sam is a perfect example of what the USFL was and what helped develop the players into becoming that great product that USFL fans got used to seeing. The question is, are they going all-in? The league is currently owned by National Spring Football League Enterprises Co, LLC, a joint venture between founder Brian Woods and Fox Corporation's sports unit, Fox Sports in the United States. ", "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. They are also not obligated to stay at the Sheraton, the leagues hotel designee. You start the USFL back up and dont even have a New Jersey Generals, Oakland Invaders, Philadelphia Stars, or Michigan Panthers playing, or playing in their home cities? Manage Settings Now should Trump and the other owners gone to the fall? Ben Fischer (@BenFischerSBJ) November 17, 2021 Coming in to serve as President of Football Operations was TSL founder Brian Woods. Glanville has coached in the Spring League their last two seasons. 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