Awful Announcing
"This historic combination will anchor professional spring football with substantial capabilities and resources to ensure future growth and continue to enhance the development of the collective players, coaches, and staff that are coming together."
The USFL and the XFL hold a large portion of the market individually as the largest spring football...
An announcement could come as early as this week.
Viewership for the USFL Championship didn't hit last year's heights.
Viewership for the USFL slid by double digits this season, and Daryl Johnston can't figure out why.
"Why did you post this?"
The USFL averaged 789,500 viewers across four games this weekend (three on broadcast), while the XFL averaged 588,250 across four games (three on cable, including one on ESPN2).
Does this make sense for the NFL?
The XFL and USFL will have two games go directly up against one another.
"We’re pulling every lever that we can to continue the trajectory of success and sustainability."
"This isn’t some Hollywood knockoff."
The settling of this trademark lawsuit may make it easier for Fox to acquire outside investors for the USFL.
It's reported that Fox is seeking $150-$200 million in outside investment.
In-person attendance was an issue for the USFL, and some of that was about playing in one city. Playing in two to four cities may help a bit, but means the league still won't play in all of its "local markets."
"It did what we hoped it would do, and we’re excited to begin planning, once this season is over, to talk about 2023."
Murdoch told Axios' Sara Fischer Fox plans to keep building up USFL teams and eventually sell them to local owners down the road.
Not the best week for the USFL....
The USFL 2.0 completed its opening weekend on Monday evening. The South Division dominated early action, winning all...
