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My vote is for Option 1

How come we've not heard anything from the New York Football Giants in regards to their uniforms or logos, considering 2024 will be their 100th Anniversary season?

Only fitting I'd leave this here since they've gone 13 straight seasons without a single posteason appearance

8 hours ago, dont care said:

Explain, they are still the largest producer of films and media in the entire world and it really isn’t close.

2023 was Disney's 100th Anniversary. Unfortunately, it was not such a good year for them. With the exception of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, pretty much every movie released that year (plus the Secret Invasion Disney+ miniseries) bombed.

Philadelphia (would make a great rival for the NJ Rockers and Washington Wolves)

Vulcans

7 hours ago, MJWalker45 said:

https://www.theufl.com/news/united-football-league-rules-for-2024-announced

The rules have been confirmed.

 

2024 UFL RULES HIGHLIGHTS

Points After Touchdown

Teams will have three scrimmage play (run/pass) options following a touchdown.

2-yard line = 1 point for a successful try
5-yard line = 2 points for a successful try
10-yard line = 3 points for a successful try

Kickoffs

Kickoffs will look like more traditional college/NFL kickoffs but will take place from the 20-yard line of the kicking team. A kickoff out of bounds will give possession to the receiving team 30 yards from the spot of the kickoff or at the spot where the ball went out of bounds. A kickoff that is untouched by the receiving team may only be recovered by the kicking team up to 20 yards from the spot of the kick.

 

Other Kicking/Touchback Rules

All touchbacks on kicks (punts or kickoffs) will be placed at the receiving team's 25-yard line. Any punt that goes out of bounds inside the receiving team's 25-yard line will be considered a touchback and placed at the 25-yard line. Non-kicking touchbacks will also be placed at the 25-yard line.

 

Alternate Possession Option

While onside kicks are allowed at any time during the game, teams will have an alternate option to retain possession in the fourth quarter. If a team is tied or behind during the fourth quarter, it may elect to retain possession after a score with a 4th-and-12 from its own 28-yard line.

 

Two Forward Passes

Teams will be allowed, as they were in both leagues last season, to throw two forward passes on one play. The ball cannot cross the line of scrimmage at any time prior to the second forward pass being thrown.

 

Catch Definition

A completed catch or interception is defined as a player securing control of the ball prior to the ball touching the ground; and touching the ground inbounds with both feet or with any part of his body other than his hands.

 

Defensive Pass Interference

Defensive pass interference will result in a 15-yard penalty or a spot foul if the foul occurred less than 15 yards downfield. Intentional defensive pass interference will result in a spot foul if it is beyond 15 yards downfield.

 

Replay Reviews

Designated members of the officiating department may stop a game at any time before the ball is next legally put in play to review a play if the play is reviewable, there is reasonable evidence to believe an error was made in the initial ruling and it would have a direct, competitive impact on the game. These reviews will be made from a secure location separate from the site of the game. Any call or non-call related to player safety is also subject to review at any point during the game, as well as any officiating ruling in the last five minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime that is obviously incorrect and will have a significant impact on the outcome of the game.

 

Coach Challenges

Each coach may challenge any ruling, including fouls or potential fouls, one time during the course of a contest, provided the team has a timeout remaining. A successful challenge will not result in a loss of a timeout, while the timeout is lost if the challenge is unsuccessful.

 

Overtime

Overtime will consist of alternating attempts to score from the opponent's 5-yard line with no kicks allowed. It will be a best-of-three format or until a winner has been determined.

 

NFL needs to adopt the 4th rule on that list (the "Alternate Possession Option" rule), seeing as the NFL's kickoff rules have virtually rendered onside kicks useless.

Birmingham and Memphis

NJ Rockers gets my vote!

Also, I would rather Rutgers' SHI Stadium than Princeton University Stadium as a backup stadium option for the New Jersey team.

NY/NJ

On 2/9/2024 at 10:56 AM, WideRight said:

But, despite growth in many areas, one area where there was a bit of disappointment was the TV ratings.  The league had the same lulls it saw in past years during March Madness, but also struggled with some decline in overall ratings across the 12 week season.  The networks strongly encouraged the league to consider looking at more large markets with their 3031 expansion, citing that there were still several major markets that were lagging in viewership, largely due to a lack of local interest. 

 

With the move to 12 teams for the 3031 season it was agreed that Houston, New Orleans, Chicago, and St. Louis would make up the Central Division, meaning that the two expansion clubs would be placed into the Eastern and Western divisions.  The pool of cities was quickly established, with two cities in California the only sites considered for the Western team and a short list of markets on tap in the East.

 

By midseason in 3030 the league reached a surprising deal with the two investor groups that represented San Jose and Sacramento, California.  The two cities would share a team, with each city hosting 3 home games.  The team would use the “California” moniker, and would alternate home dates throughout the season between 21,000 seat Hornet Stadium in Sacramento and 30,000 seat CEFCU Stadium in San Jose.

 

3030? 3031? Did we somehow time-travel 1000 years into the future all of a sudden?

Anyway, Rush gets my vote.

Sacramento.

And once again, NY/NJ -- the biggest sports market in the nation -- gets the short end of the stick in AAFL expansion.

NY/NJ

New York/New Jersey

I vote for Tropics

18 hours ago, neo_prankster said:

 

1st choice: Hartford if Rentschler Field has enough seats.

2nd choice: Columbus

3rd choice: Birmingham

Duh! Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field in (East) Hartford has a capacity of around 40,000, which is more than enough for this league.

1st Choice: New York/New Jersey

2nd Choice: Hartford

Pioneers

Also, on a side note, you left out Jim Wacker Field at Bobcat Stadium for Austin. It's located in nearby San Marcos, on the campus of Texas State University.

Also also, you couldn't find a stadium in the San Antonio area that has a similar capacity to Alamo Stadium, but much nicer, for the San Antonio team to play in? Then again, Alamo Stadium was renovated back in 2014. Plus, there's always the aforementioned Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos.

Heck, maybe you could've had one Central Texas team represent both Austin and San Antonio, and have them split home games between the two cities.

Warbirds

Gotta vote for New York/New Jersey

Portland Pathfinders

Portland gets my vote

My vote is for San Diego Destroyers

On 9/30/2023 at 11:50 AM, 4_tattoos said:

That was actually the name of a semipro league a couple of my high school teammates (and a coach) played in during the early 2000's. Not sure if it is still operating.

There was a proposed North American Football League that was going to launch in 2016, but never really got off the ground because the league's chairman and his wife ripped-off investors who were promised a functioning league and an affiliated production company for broadcasting games.

Anyway, the UFL seems like a great name for the newly merged league. Also, from what I'm hearing, the new league's alignment -- with all 8 USFL teams and 4 teams from the XFL, although nothing is official as of this post -- could look like this (with potential future home venues in parentheses):

• EAST
  • Birmingham Stallions (Protective Stadium
  • DC Defenders (Audi Field?)
  • Michigan Panthers (Ford Field?)
  • New Jersey Generals (Red Bull Arena or SHI Stadium)
  • Ohio Maulers [relocated from Pittsburgh]  (Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium)
  • Philadelphia Stars (Franklin Field or Subaru Park, though neither are ideal)
• WEST
  • Arlington Renegades (Choctaw Stadium)
  • Houston Gamblers (Rice Stadium)
  • Memphis Showboats (Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium)
  • New Orleans Breakers (Yulman Stadium)
  • San Antonio Brahmas (Alamodome)
  • St. Louis BattleHawks (The Dome at America's Center)