Comments on: UFL loses $30 million in opening year

By: WashingtonRedstorms

WashingtonRedstorms — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:49:11 +0000

Hey Nation Hump aka Johnny Gumdrops, your league is toast.

By: SwedishMurderMachine

SwedishMurderMachine — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:43:43 +0000

Whats with all the hating on the UFL?
Yes, their uniforms are horrible and yes they are retarded for not playing in the spring when somebody might actually care, but it is still foootball and football is awesome.
Seriously UFL, I don’t know who the dumbass is who decided to play in the fall but he should be fired.

By: shallowfan

shallowfan — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:11:07 +0000

Did I miss something or was the UFL not covered by media like ESPN? I don’t think i ever saw highlights or anything anywhere…if the media wants you to fail, most likely you will fail…

By: WashingtonRedstorms

WashingtonRedstorms — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:06:39 +0000

The Useless Football League is dead.
Nation 86 AKA Johnny Gumdrops your league and your dream of becoming a UFL slave is gone.
Go get your shinebox Huck Finn.

By: pdxbolt4life

pdxbolt4life — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:56:41 +0000

i still know nothing about the ufl…is this the arena leagues ugly stepsister??

By: Route36West

Route36West — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:34:31 +0000

Honestly Florio the UFL owes you money. PFT.com is the only place and I mean ONLY PLACE that let me know the UFL exsisted(I have no clue how to spell that word). I did not hear about it on tv, on the radio, on the internet, in a magazine, or even a newspaper. The only place I got news about what was going on in the UFL or even when the games were playing was on this website.
Seeing that PFT is now legit you should really demand that their expansion in marketing should include your website. You did it already for free for a year you should get some kind of monitary gain from the UFL seeing that you supported them and helped get the word out about them.
They better pay you to b/c if you stopped posting about them they would probly lose half their viewers. Not out of loyalty to pft but b/c know one would no the UFL was still around.

By: Living_Legend

Living_Legend — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:31:25 +0000

Only 30 mil? Thats a Charlie Weis annual food bill.

By: slipkid

slipkid — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:30:31 +0000

they dont have all the failed nfl coaches, hell a bunch of failed nfl coaches still are in the nfl.

By: Caruana

Caruana — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:28:52 +0000

stfu? Really? Come on now, who in your family plays in the UFL?

By: Maverick

Maverick — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:26:54 +0000

I see two HUGE problems. First of all, there is no way they will ever win going head to head with the NFL in the fall (not to mention the baseball playoffs and World Series) while those of us who are football junkies might enjoy the league in those football lean months from February to July.
Also, not a single game was broadcast (to my knowledge) in my area so I could not have watched them if I had wanted to.
Most people were not even aware there WAS another league going on.

By: Caruana

Caruana — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:25:04 +0000

Dude you did it! The Mexican, American Football League. It’s an untapped source for revenue!
They sell burritos instead of hotdogs.
They Dos Equis instead of Bud Light.
Every cheerleading team is called the Senioritas, and at half time they have a Donkey Show.
You Da Man!
Instead of the terrible towels, they have the terrible paper towels. Think about it. Brawny could sponsor certain games.
Love ya kid!

By: DocBG

DocBG — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:20:34 +0000

# Love_Boat_Scandal says: November 30, 2009 7:32 PM
Maybe the Vikings could play in the UFL. Oh wait, that won’t bring in more fans. Probably less. Skol tator-tot hotdish!
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shut your face bitch-tits, well over 100 consecutive sellouts.
And for the haters, if you folks never watched a game, then kindly stfu. the games were not as bad as you might think. part of the reason, i believe, they stuck with a limited number of teams, was to keep the talent level up. the NFL wasnt built in a single season. they need to get a cycle going to build the league, and it could happen, who knows. they might be a few decades from ever being mentioned as the same breath as the NFL, but it all happens in time. if they can pull some talent that doesnt make it in the NFL, and some of the cream off the CFL, there is always a chance. plus it gives linemen and QB’s a place to develop. this is good for the sport as a whole.

By: Caruana

Caruana — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:18:02 +0000

Let me expound. Our country already has a professional football league. Try Canada. Maybe an American Football League in Mexico? I might pay to watch Juan facemask Pedro at the twenty yard line…

By: Caruana

Caruana — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:15:03 +0000

Ned Mark. College football is the minor league for the NFL. I didn’t miss any mark and mean no harm to your post. HOWEVER, the UFL is attempting to capatilize on the NFL’s overflow to areas (most) which do not have an NFL team to cheer for. If I want to watch aspiring NFL players, I’ll watch college football, maybe even my nephews play in High School.

By: Ned Mark

Ned Mark — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:51:49 +0000

There seems to be several people who have missed the mark here. The UFL is hoping for a future where they are a feeder league (minor leagues if you will) for the NFL. They may even be hoping to one day be gobbled up by the NFL or at least be subsidised by them. They were never looking to compete, in any way shape or form, with the NFL.

By: Caruana

Caruana — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:51:10 +0000

People, are we serious right now? If the Detroit Lions home games are blacked out, why would a squad of NFL rejects be appetizing? If you spent your whole life banking on playing pro football and can’t make it, it’s time to apply to your local Kroger store.

By: kilo31actual

kilo31actual — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:43:23 +0000

Didn’t the commish say they were going to have teams overseas in year 2? You can scratch that off the list. If they wanna make some news they should try to get Charlie Weis to be a coach.

By: leaguemvp

leaguemvp — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:36:51 +0000

So does this mean no UFL fantasy leagues?

By: DanielV

DanielV — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:30:49 +0000

I agree with a couple of points:
Yes dump the uniforms. It appeared as if some 7 year old was playing on his Madden game creating his own team and uniform. It’s hard to be taken serious when you dress like clowns.
Marketing? It’s almost like you can hear Allen Iverson in the background. “Marketing. . . We’re talking about Marketing . . . not games . . . Marketing.” Part of Marketing would be advertising. If it wasn’t for this article, I wouldn’t have even known the UFL played.
You know the sport isn’t taken too seriously when ESPN will show billiard trick shots and not a UFL game. Or Fox Sports will show a rock, scissors, tournament and not a game. And neither one showed any highlights. It’s hard to go to a game or watch a game if no one hears about it. Even the XFL did a better job at marketing their product.
Which brings up the old adage: If they played a football game and didn’t tell anyone about it, would people show up.
Finally, move it to the spring. The USFL did a great job when it wasn’t trying to compete with the NFL head on. It was when they moved to the fall did their problems truly begin.

By: billsrock1212

billsrock1212 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:21:51 +0000

Florio, the UFL should be paying you for advertising for them. The only reason I ever had any interest in the league was because of your website.

By: ravensos

ravensos — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:16:31 +0000

you mean PFT mentioning it daily wasn’t marketing?

By: longrodvanhungendong

longrodvanhungendong — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:11:00 +0000

I would have liked to at least seen a game or two. Was it even on freaking tv? I would have watched. It would make more sense to start up in April.

By: Bordner

Bordner — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:10:34 +0000

Now there’s a topic that might actually be more interesting than UFL discussion – why did DirectTV drop VS? I didn’t find out until I went to watch the Cal-Stanford game and it wasn’t on.

By: ninjapleazee

ninjapleazee — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:52:45 +0000

# xacvol says: November 30, 2009 7:38 PM
whats the UFL?
Ultimate FAILED League for all those players that didn’t make NFL rosters, coached by all FAILED NFL coaches

By: MNFANINAZ

MNFANINAZ — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:51:14 +0000

How could something so worthless lose so much!?

By: thegator

thegator — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:44:39 +0000

They actually played this year??? When did thaty happen??? I thought it was all a scam.

By: xacvol

xacvol — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:39:17 +0000

no, seriously…

By: xacvol

xacvol — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:38:53 +0000

whats the UFL?

By: Love_Boat_Scandal

Love_Boat_Scandal — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:32:51 +0000

Maybe the Vikings could play in the UFL. Oh wait, that won’t bring in more fans. Probably less. Skol tator-tot hotdish!

By: frankcal20

frankcal20 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:31:58 +0000

Why are they not playing in Spring? The USFL had pretty decent results in the Spring.