Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is part of a group considering formation of a football league that would compete with the NFL for players drafted lower than the second round.

The league, still very much in the preliminary stage, would play its games on Friday nights. The NFL does not play then because of the potential conflict with high school football.



Group eyes possibility of new football league (http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ap-newfootballleague&prov=ap&type=lgns)
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It seems to be a pretty huge project to try and put this together by next summer. Didn't they already try this with the XFL? And Arena football?

It would be nice, but it probably won't be profitable.

I think this has a chance of succeeding. From what I've heard, they are targeting players who would be drafted second round and below. The problem with the XFL is that they went after players who were totally snubbed by the NFL. The USFL back in the day tried to go toe to toe with the NFL. This is somewhere in between.

I do not support the Friday night decision, though.

Please please please please please be a PA team.

like the Steelers and Eagles aren't enough!

I hate them tho. I want a PA team that I can actually root for.

hows about u just keep rooting for the Titans

I was rooting for the Steelers here.

http://www.steelertribute.com/05playoffs2a.jpg

look... a Titan!

hows about u just keep rooting for the Titans

I always will. But this new football thing might actually be cool. We could be looking at football all year round. And I just want to get a local team that I can like.

I always will. But this new football thing might actually be cool. We could be looking at football all year round. And I just want to get a local team that I can like.

We already are. And this wouldn't change the season, the new league would also play in the fall.

I was rooting for the Steelers here.

http://www.steelertribute.com/05playoffs2a.jpg

look... a Titan!
i remember watching that, if he just hadnt cut inside it would have been a TD

You mean if he was fast it woulda been a td. Slow Harper... :(

Remember when the USFL won the court case against the NFL, and the jury screwed up and awarded them 3$. That was one of the wtf moments. I used to root for the Houston Gamblers of the USFL and it was a pretty popular league at the time. I loved it. But ESPN supported it. And there were only 30 channels back then so eveyone watched it. But now, their are over 800 channels to watch and I doubt any major network is gonna back it up. It will be a lot tougher to compete than 25 years ago.

The XFL all over again..........While it was pretty entertaining whatching "He Hate Me" or Rod Smart or guys throw the ball at the tackler let him catch just to pile drive, but him I don't see it lasting long.

Wouldn't mind it though it could be pretty cool I'll whatch any football.

XFL part, 2? USFL, part 2? WLAF, part 2? Either way, I wouldn't count on much success...

I just hope they bring back the Orlando Thunder's nuclear green jerseys...
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1871/bell.jpg

Honestly, though, the one thing that needs to be revived from the WLAF was the helmet cam. That was great...

what is the WLAF?

NFL Europe started out as the World League of American Football, long before it had any association with the NFL. It used to be both American teams and Europeans teams.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_League_of_American_Football

MONARCHS!!! http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f95/bipolartitan/stuff/130px-NFLE_Monarchs.gif

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/Monarch_01.jpg

I don't like the idea though of the Titans possibly losing out to the league for a 3rd round pick or something that would suck.

think of it this way... how many college kids come out and go undrafted?
does anyone even have an estimate? I have no idea... many do not even declare because they know better than to waste their time.

an NFL team can only have what? 53 players and a 6 man practice squad? For the sake of simple math we'll round it up to 60 players max per team. That's 1920 players in the NFL... less really 'cause we called it 60... so less than 1900 anyways...

alrighty then... that takes us to the nfl draft. What's that 7 rounds? 32 teams? that's 224 plus supplementary picks... this year there were 255 picks in the draft... Then of course there is the suppplementary draft which has so few players chosen it's hardly worth mentioning... the point is that the odds of a player making it to the nfl are so slim... but don't overlook how many kids are coming out but just don't have the size or the speed or the skill to make it to the nfl? I can't even begin to estimate how many potential players could make up the new league.

The bottom line is that it would be a great secondary developmental league. I could see the NFL plucking late blooming stars away from the new league... besides... you can never have enough full contact, full size, eleven man a side ball on television. I really hope NBC picks it up for Friday night. I would watch...

now.. one more remark... let's please not compare this to XFL. XFL was pro wrestling in shoulder pads and football pants with a helmet. America needs a new football league. Personally, I hope it's a spring league and the games are played always at night. It could run February through May. If it was broadcast over the air it could compete head to head with NFLE but would have a significant distribution advantage on account of NFLE and the NFL Network in general are obscured in premium subscription packages.

The XFL was basically NFL/NCAA rules football. There were some silly twists, but it was basically just football. And it ended up being a bust. Just like the WLAF before it.

I don't think fans will embrace it any more than they did the XFL or WLAF. Unless they think they can outbid the NFL for good players, they aren't going anywhere. Plus, it sounds as if they plan to play during the fall, so they'd also be competing against the NCAA and high schools...

The guy is nuts to think he can compete with NFL/NCAA/High School football.

I think professional dodge ball has a better chance than another football league.

:p

As long as its clean rules and no dumb crap like the ball can be bounced off a net and you can powerbomb someone im cool with it.

Gimme a PA team and Ill watch every game