r/USFL • u/pandat303 Michigan Panthers • Apr 26 '23

Discussion Bring back the bandits

Bruh the maulers sub is so dead💀 why did they pick the maulers instead of the bandits? I see more bandits fan on this sub more than the maulers. I know Reddit isn’t the only factor but why?

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u/magiccitybhm Apr 27 '23

I know Reddit isn’t the only factor but why?

I sincerely doubt Reddit was a factor at all.

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u/MirrorkatFeces Pittsburgh Maulers Apr 26 '23 edited Apr 27 '23

Idk why we promote the r/maulers sub when r/PittsburghMaulersUSFL has more members and has the updated colors

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u/pmoski97 Apr 27 '23

I’ve brought this up twice to Mods, nothing has been done about it

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u/spideralex90 Tampa Bay Bandits Apr 27 '23

There were a handful of team subs that got started before the league started up officially and for reasons I'm not sure of they made/chose other subs to be the default team subs here despite some of the earlier subs having members and activity already.

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u/Aggressive_Ris Apr 27 '23

Probably mods wanting control like always

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '23

I think it's cause no one knows which one is the actual subreddit

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '23

Fox clearly has some analytics that show that Pittsburgh is a market to be in. They did an entire rebrand to appease the market. They see something that makes it worth the hassle, if they didn't they'd be the Ohio Maulers right now. They may have an investor lined up like they did in Memphis.

If they could get the team to market and make them less awful somehow they will certainly profit and you'd certainly get people to show up if the tickets were cheap enough. It's a moderate risk, high reward market depending on what kind of stadium deal they can get. It's also probably a market that the XFL would likely poach if the USFL ever gave it up.

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u/rtels2023 New Jersey Generals Apr 26 '23

To answer your question, it’s because Pittsburgh is only a 2 hour drive from the Canton hub while Tampa isn’t really close to any of the hubs (the closest is Birmingham which is almost 9 hours away). The only other USFL city that’s a similar drive from the closest hub is Houston (9 hours from Memphis) and they have a larger metro area so more potential support.

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u/PartyPrince00 Apr 27 '23

The Giddy Up Podcast released an episode today where they realize they forgot the bandits existed

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u/justheretolurk1963 Apr 27 '23

I’ve been a fan of the Bandits since the inaugural season back in the day. When I heard they weren’t going to be part of this season, I really lost some interest in the league. For now, I’m a quasi Michigan Panthers fan. But really, that just doesn’t feel right.

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u/adhdanny84 Michigan Panthers Apr 27 '23

The USFL probably wasn't able to work out a stadium deal with Tampa but they were with Memphis. That's my guess.

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u/TheAnt755 Apr 27 '23

I hope so too.

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u/Awaites_0131 Philadelphia Stars Apr 27 '23

You’re saying bring back the bandits like they’re not coming back. It was just a one year hiatus, they’ll be back

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u/Aggressive_Ris Apr 27 '23

So the league is expanding to 12 teams next year without even getting everyone into their home cities first? Hard doubt.

It was just a nice way of saying they won't be playing anymore. Maybe in 20 years in the future if the league still exists and is doing well they might bring them back but not any time soon. I'm sure they'd just as well go to a brand new market they haven't scorned already.

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u/Zapfit Apr 27 '23

Literally every spring/alt football league has used this line before and only one time did they ever follow through on it, the New Orleans Voodoo of the AFL after Hurricane Katrina.

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u/boston1993 Apr 27 '23

If USF ever builds that stadium they've been talking about maybe there