UFL Ring a Bell?

There is a new pro-football league that is about to be formed, and is scheduled to play their first season in August of 2009. The league is called the United Football League, or UFL (no, not the XFL), and is about to make a major announcement regarding what I assume is an public notification of the league in December. This is all taking place for certain, despite the current economic crisis, and United Football League investor and Google Inc. vice president Tim Armstrong claims that an investment in sports is a sound move, and a long term one as well financially.

My personal opinion is that a new football league is great, but there are many, many american football leagues and teams throughout the country as it is already, and none of them are bold enough to take on the NFL in a head to head competition for ratings and fan support. The NFL has about a hundred years of tradition behind it, and I really don't think a new football league can survive when the NFL is airing its games. I personally believe that a staggered season would be best for the UFL, with the first regular season game being scheduled in March, with an eight week regular season containing one bye (there are currently 6-8 teams planned for the league), and the post-season games starting in May.

Ready for some perspective, UFL? There is already one league, the LCFL West, that is pretty big in Southern California alone. There are 26 teams in this league, and the winner of the LCFL West goes on to the NAFL1 Championship, where it plays one team from the biggest football league in the world, the North American Football League.

Sorry to say it, UFL, but "I don't think it's gonna work."

Other startup leagues planned include the All American Football League (AAFL) and the United States Football League (USFL).