mkrob.com - 7/2/2009
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Only a few months away from beginning his U.S. football league’s inaugural season, the United Football League’s commissioner is already talking about overseas expansion.
The UFL, set to begin play in October with four teams competing in seven cities, is eyeing teams in ...
UFL eyeing overseas expansion in year two or three
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reuters.com 7/1/2009 — Ben Klayman CHICAGO (Reuters) - Only a few months away from beginning his U.S. football league's inaugural season, the United Football League's commissioner is already talking about overseas expansion. The UFL, set to begin play in October with four ...
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, ...
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 ...
UFL Players Will Make Slightly* Less Than NFL Counterparts
nfl.fanhouse.com 7/2/2009 — by Ryan Wilson Filed under: UFL Good news: those players lucky enough to make a UFL roster will get paid (and by the looks of it , I suspect training camp will be a lot like little league tryouts: you show up, you get a uniform). Bad news: salaries are approximately one-tenth what an undrafted ...
UFL Draft In the Books
slowbreaker.com 6/22/2009 — The UFL had its firstever draft and here are some of the names that have been drafted.
UFL Needs Some Help In PR
rfor6.blogspot.com 6/23/2009 — ProFootballTalk.com and SportsBusinessWeekly have brought to my attention that the newly created United Football League had an awful PR scheme last week. SportsBusiness points out that the UFL team in Las Vegas did not hold a press conference when they signed J. P. Losman. Florio pointed out ...
No ESPN For USA-Mexico
matchfitusa.com 7/14/2009 — If you're like me, you immediately began to plan an "illness" when it was announced that the USA-Mexico World Cup qualifier set for August 12th would go off at 3pm CT (4pm ET). I've got my excuse...
UFL Quarterbacks To Hit the Jackpot
rfor6.blogspot.com 7/2/2009 — Jason La Canfora of NFL.com is reporting that the four starting quarterbacks of UFL teams will make $60,000 a season...... at least. The average player will make $35,000, and punters, kickers, and long snappers will make $25,000. Since six games will be played in a UFL season, the quarterbacks ...
Respect From Mexico On The United States’ Confederation Cup Success
theoriginalwinger.com 6/26/2009 —
Mexican International and Chivas midfielder Gonzalo Pineda has given a very unique offering of respect in regards to what the United States has done at the 2009 Confederations Cup and the growth that they’ve seen from South of the Border ...
USA-Mexico World Cup qualifier set to kick off at 4pm
soccerbyives.net 7/9/2009 — The Mexican Football Federation has announced that the USA-Mexico World Cup qualifier in Mexico City on Aug. 12th will start at 4pm (ET) . No word yet on what led to that decision, which is odd for a Wednesday game.
The 3 p.m. local time kickoff should mean that the game will be played in hot ...