United Football League to kick off in October
Niners Nation —
... According to the Sports Business Journal, the husband of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is leading an investment group that will spend approximately $30 million on the four franchises. They're looking at the 2009 season as their soft opening before a full-scale 2010 season. The first season will start in October and after a 6-week season, culminate with a championship game over Thanksgiving weekend. ...
United Football League to Kickoff Premiere Season in October '09
Canal Street Chronicles —
... funding courtesy of a group led by Paul Pelosi, husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the league will kick off with four teams (scaled back from a desired six), none of which will technically be assigned to a specific city. The four teams that will participate in the inaugural season are Los Angeles/Las Vegas, New York/Hartford, Orlando and San Francisco/Sacramento. More about Pelosi, who was former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue's Georgetown roomate, can be found in this Sports Business Journal article. ...
New Football League Launches in Fall
SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated —
... Defying all logic, the United Football League will actually launch this fall, according to league founders, but with fewer teams than originally planned and without a certain ...
United Football League: Terrible Timing
Sparty and Friends —
... the AFL-NFL merger, there has not been a successful alternative to the NFL. Not the USFL, not the World League of American Football, and not the most laughable of them all, the XFL. We don’t even consider the CFL and the Arena League, because these have always been looked at as more of a training ground than anything else. The USFL, the WLAF and the XFL all went south quickly because of one glaring issue; lack of Money.
Now we have the United Football League set to start play in October of this year. If you didn’t know, our country is in economic ...
From Speaker of the House to Football Team Owner
Sports Crackle Pop —
... team owner, Ms. Nancy Pelosi. By way of her husband Paul’s incomprehensible $30 million investment, Ms. Pelosi is now the proud owner of all 4 UFL teams. Yes, you heard that right, all 4 teams (which was actually reduced from 8 due to the economic situation). ...
The United Football League Is What We Thought It Was! [Duan!]
Deadspin —
... I notice that the league's big investor is Paul Pelsoi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He actually heads a group that owns all four franchises. Fun fact: He was Paul Tagliabue's roommate at Georgetown. ...
