USFL Debuts Today

[The Sultan]

Some rule changes:

**The option of a three point conversion from the 10 yard line after a touchdown
**A fourth and 12 option instead of an onside kick
**Pass interference is not a spot foul unless it's blatant.
**No first down chains. They will instead use a chip in the football.

The real question is whether they will survive the whole first season. I still don't see much demand for spring football but I guess we will see.

[cheebs09]

I'm very interested by the last one. Seems long overdue.

[Pakuni]

I'm very interested by the last one. Seems long overdue.

What, this isn't exact enough for you?

[4everwarriors]

Iz dat a sliderule da ref iz usin', hey?

[Uncle Rico]

Hopefully this USFL isn't ended because of one moron, grifter owner

[4everwarriors]

Snyder in da league, hey?

[Pakuni]

Hopefully this USFL isn't ended because of one moron, grifter owner

Speaking of which, I highly recommend "Football for a Buck" by Jeff Pearlman, which is a great read about the rise and fall of the original USFL.

[Uncle Rico]

Speaking of which, I highly recommend "Football for a Buck" by Jeff Pearlman, which is a great read about the rise and fall of the original USFL.

I read it.  Fantastic read.  Such a shame a petulant child who couldn't get an NFL team sabotaged the USFL

[shoothoops]

XFL starts back up in February of 2023 as well.

[muwarrior69]

Some rule changes:

**The option of a three point conversion from the 10 yard line after a touchdown
**A fourth and 12 option instead of an onside kick
**Pass interference is not a spot foul unless it's blatant.
**No first down chains. They will instead use a chip in the football.

The real question is whether they will survive the whole first season. I still don't see much demand for spring football but I guess we will see.

So what happens if the chip is defective? Can the chip be hacked to favor one team over the other or interfered with?

[The Sultan]

So what happens if the chip is defective? Can the chip be hacked to favor one team over the other or interfered with?

Yes. I heard that teams have hired designated hackers to mess with the football. It's part of the fun!

[Jockey]

Hopefully this USFL isn't ended because of one moron, grifter owner

I hope it is.

[Hards Alumni]

I read it.  Fantastic read.  Such a shame a petulant child who couldn't get an NFL team sabotaged the USFL

Heheheheheh

[Hards Alumni]

So what happens if the chip is defective? Can the chip be hacked to favor one team over the other or interfered with?

Jesus Christ.

Why do old people think everything can be 'hacked'?

[4everwarriors]

Well, if an election can be hacked and the U.S. is relegated to being a 3rd world country, certainly fixin' a football is no big thang, aina?

[JWags85]

XFL starts back up in February of 2023 as well.

Guess which one has a STL fanchise 

[tower912]

I would rather continue to relitigate the Hausers than watch the USFL.   Although history could repeat and a Michigan team could actually win a football championship.

[MUeng]

Yes. I heard that teams have hired designated hackers to mess with the football. It's part of the fun!

a blend of e-sports and real sports! I love it!

[Uncle Rico]

"Thanks to Myerson and Trump and a strategy that made little to no sense, the USFL walked out of the courtroom with $3 to its name."

"Maurice Carthon, the Generals' marvelous fullback, became a New York Giant.  "Donald Trump came to me and said, 'fans don't come to see you play.  They come to see Herschel and Flutie'," Carthon recalled.  "I said, I'm glad you're telling me this, because I just signed a contract with the Giants'.  He changed his tune real quick; told me to stick around for fall; that he'd call my agent and get it done.  No chance - I was gone."

"Trump told his colleagues that the USFL - a league that he had barely been a part of - needed to move to fall and directly challenge the NFL.  Not in 10 years, not in 5 years.  Now - as soon as possible.  "I guarantee you folks in this room that I will produce CBS and I will produce NBC and I that I will produce ABC, guaranteed and for a hell of a lot more money than the horse$&?! you're getting right now", he said."

😂😂

[tower912]

Foreshadowing.

[warriorchick]

**No first down chains. They will instead use a chip in the football.

If they can do this, then they can use technology to call balls and strikes.  They are already using it for TV.

[jesmu84]

Jesus Christ.

Why do old people think everything can be 'hacked'?

This post was 5 min too early

[PointWarrior]

Are they going to chip players knees and elbow as well to know when the player is  down?   Seems pointless to only know how far the ball traveled. 

[lawdog77]

Are they going to chip players knees and elbow as well to know when the player is  down?   Seems pointless to only know how far the ball traveled.

We are all already chipped. Thanks to Gates (Bill, not Antonio) and the Covid Vax

[MU82]

"Thanks to Myerson and Trump and a strategy that made little to no sense, the USFL walked out of the courtroom with $3 to its name."

"Maurice Carthon, the Generals' marvelous fullback, became a New York Giant.  "Donald Trump came to me and said, 'fans don't come to see you play.  They come to see Herschel and Flutie'," Carthon recalled.  "I said, I'm glad you're telling me this, because I just signed a contract with the Giants'.  He changed his tune real quick; told me to stick around for fall; that he'd call my agent and get it done.  No chance - I was gone."

"Trump told his colleagues that the USFL - a league that he had barely been a part of - needed to move to fall and directly challenge the NFL.  Not in 10 years, not in 5 years.  Now - as soon as possible.  "I guarantee you folks in this room that I will produce CBS and I will produce NBC and I that I will produce ABC, guaranteed and for a hell of a lot more money than the horse$&?! you're getting right now", he said."

😂😂

Yes.