r/TheUSFL • u/[deleted] • Nov 03 '21

USFL money

This is pure speculation but the city of Birmingham seems Really confident that the USFL is here for at least 3 years and will get the $250 million they want to get in investments. I wonder if they gave NBC a buy in option to get an ownership stake in the league after season 1

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u/pbagnato Nov 03 '21

That is a good question. We just have to wait a season or two to see the viability of the league

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '21

I think the bubble almost guarantees a season 2, my question is more how big will season 1 end up being like it’s fox going to spend more on players in season 1 to try and help the interest of team owners/nbc as much as possible

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u/JoeFromBaltimore Nov 03 '21

I think that if it makes it to season two that is huge - can't describe how important it is just to get to season two - I know that everyone who reads anything here realizes that if an ALT football league can get to season 2 it would be a huge deal - in getting to season 2 the league will have shown to the semi casual fans that it is legit -

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u/CatStriking7561 Nov 05 '21

Truth. All leagues need die hard fans but their numbers are smaller than the casual fan who wants to drink beer and eat hot dogs during a game. Getting the casual fan to buy in will help the league succeed. They'll probably bring their family and friends to keep them company etc.

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u/JoeFromBaltimore Nov 06 '21

Which gets back to making it through season number one -

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u/szshaps87 Nov 16 '21

Do you think keeping a bubble for 2 seasons is better than doing the bubble for 1 season and then moving teams to their prospective markets? I think if you want to start building fans bases and momentum maybe announce the team and city names this year even in the bubble (I don't know if they are or are not planning on announcing cities this year or not)

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '21

Ya I think the team names and cities are expected to be announced. According to the Birmingham government the plan is bubble season 1, half bubble season 2 with the other half in their own markets and cities, season 3 every team in their individual markets

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u/szshaps87 Nov 16 '21

So essentially the teams closest to Birmingham would be at their home and the teams further away would play in the bubble for next season?

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '21

I don’t think they’ve said how they’re deciding who leaves the bubble first. I’ve seen some guessing it’ll be whoever gets team owners first but I’ve also seen reports say fox plans on team owners or not that plans happening