Remembering one upstart football league while aborting another

The first USFL games were played on March 6th, 1983, and yesterday marked the 25th anniversary . On that first weekend, the USFL, with their Birmingham Stallions, Washington Federals, and New Jersey Generals, drew an average of about 40,000 people at each game, and 33% of everyone watching television at the time watched USFL action. And despite the optimism of the above paragraph, they ... [link]