examiner.com - 7/7/2009
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The UFL has been in the news a little bit lately. For those not in the know the UFL is the United Football League created by William Hambrecht a Wall Street Investor who was once a minority owner in the USFL’s Oakland Invaders football te...
UFL Announces New Rules
rfor6.blogspot.com 7/12/2009 — The Boston Globe is reporting that the UFL has added two very important new rules. The first is the "tuck rule", that allows quarterbacks to escape a fumble if they are throwing a forward pass, has been eliminated. The second is the UFL has adjusted the rulings of sudden death overtime. Instead ...
UFL Would Consider Signing Mike Vick
njfrogman.blogspot.com 7/3/2009 — United Football League (UFL) - Where The Future Stars Come to Play! That's the slogan for the moronic UFL. But now it seems that the UFL might change that slogan if Michael Vick joins the 'Orlando...
Full story: http://www.bobsblitz.com
UFL Update: Leagues New Rules Lacking
danshanoff.com 7/10/2009 — So the UFL is trying to spice up its league by relaxing many of the starchy rules the NFL has in place. OK, this is where I will say it YET AGAIN: There is only one NFL "rule" that the UFL has to change that will guarantee (a) tons of attention, (b) ...
What kind of league will the UFL be?
inquisitr.com 8/8/2009 — Over the past week the UFL has announced 38 players that will play for their teams in both New York and Las Vegas . Based on these players signings we can start to assess exactly what kind of league we are going to see when the UFL takes the field in October.
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More On UFL Contracts
rfor6.blogspot.com 7/2/2009 — ProFootballTalk is reporting that players who are signed by UFL teams cannot return to the NFL until November 28, 2009, which is the end of the UFL season. The contract for players also bans "dangerous" activities. Some activities include; mountain biking, snow skiing, kyacking, canoeing, ...
Opening the UFL Rulebook
insidetheiggles.com 7/8/2009 — Per PFT , the soon-to-be launched UFL has released some of its rules. A couple of them make sense. The NFL might want to take note.
- During overtime, both teams will be allowed to possess the ball. Then sudden death will commence.
I like this idea. I’m not a fan of the college system ...
UFL Installs High Tech Signals
rfor6.blogspot.com 7/12/2009 — The UFL will be using new technology called ID Coach that will transmit signals from the play caller to the quarterback. The UFL's commissioner, Michael Huyghue, said he thought the system would be a "gimmick" when he tried it, but he was surprised by the success. The system works when the coach ...
UFL Draft Good For Football
mrfactoidssportsworld.blogspot.com 6/19/2009 — Thursday saw the official birth of the UFL, as the new professional football league held its first draft. If you haven't a clue what the UFL is, it's the latest attempt at a North American football league without official ties to the NFL. The league consist of just four teams, Las Vegas, San ...
Will the UFL drain NFL rosters?
bigblueview.com 7/13/2009 —
The New York Times Fifth Down football blog asked over the weekend whether the NFL should worry at all about the upstart UFL , which begins play with four teams this fall.
At face value, it's a laughable question. The National Football League is the Goliath of the sports world. The USFL ...
UFL Preview: Las Vegas —
Bleacher Report - NFL 7/7/2009
(Left: The face of the UFL?)
J.P. Losman may not be the guy holding the UFL's head above water, but he's the poster boy for what the new league is attempting to accomplish.
This league is all about bringing an NFL-like game to cities that don't get ...