Start-up UNFL hopes to be feeder for NFL
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:33 am
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football ... titialskip
More football is never a bad thing! At least it isn't some gimmick like arena or XFL.
Sounds interesting. I've wondered with all the players not in the NFL why the NFL hasn't worked to do something similar. There is the CFL that seems to operate in a relatively similar. But the idea of only two years seems weird. And the pay is the same for every play across the board.Perhaps what's required is an internship. And that's what the United National Football League (UNFL) hopes to provide — a gateway to the top echelon of the sport as a feeder league.
The UNFL hopes to begin a 10-week season in 2009 with eight teams, each carrying 60 players. It would be almost like a junior college, with the players limited to two UNFL seasons before they "transfer." Salaries: $1,000 a week.
More football is never a bad thing! At least it isn't some gimmick like arena or XFL.