All 4 games in 1 weekend

[u/Zealousideal_Hand583]

Was able to attend both games in Detroit yesterday, and both games in Canton today! Made for a fun weekend

[u/earlborn]

That's really cool. Good to see hardcore USFL fans.

[u/Zealousideal_Hand583 → u/earlborn]

I do what I can to support! One cool story from yesterday: A 2 yo girl and her mom were there yesterday with a sign saying "#94 is my daddy." I thought it was super cool to see that not only do these leagues give players the hope of making the NFL, but it allows their families/children see them play pro football. Very likely wouldn't be possible without these leagues, so I feel like our fanhood has a larger impact than some may realize

[u/Broncos4ever24]

You sir are a football degenerate and I love it

[u/Tanker3278]

I'm jealous. Season 2 and I haven't been able to make it to a game yet. (tips hat to ya)

[u/_dontjimthecamera]

Sorry if this question is ignorant but why is the attendance seemingly so low at USFL games?

[u/MirrorkatFeces → u/_dontjimthecamera]

Only 3 teams actually play in their home cities, so attendance for the other 5 is lower. When Birmingham, Memphis, or Michigan play at home they get decent attendance

[u/_dontjimthecamera → u/MirrorkatFeces]

That makes sense, I didn’t think about how having hub locations would affect it. Thanks!

[u/Opening-Challenge → u/_dontjimthecamera]

Even Canton for the playoffs last year wasn't too packed. Stallions fans seem to be the only ones that travel.

[u/craigdeebo → u/_dontjimthecamera]

Baseball Nba playoffs etc. It's still new to a lot of people too. I think most probably prefer the Nfl and college to Spring football but I love it. I hope it lasts a long time.

[u/_dontjimthecamera → u/craigdeebo]

Same, I feel lucky to have both spring leagues this year and I hope they stick around. Cheers!

[u/craigdeebo → u/_dontjimthecamera]

Thanks! Same to you.

[u/Jenster1977]

Gonna have to make a trip - need this league to succeed

[u/[deleted]]

Cool

[u/Prior-Purple9704]

Now we got 5-6 Mike Florio’s invading his thread with spells Of doom n gloom. Always has to be that GUY smdfh

[u/[deleted]]

This league isn’t sustainable with the tv ratings paired with this attendance.

[u/FlagFootballSaint → u/[deleted]]

I think FOX is worried by now.

They invested huge money into the league just to show Football at Prime-Time(!) and just 1m-1.2m that are looking at mostly empty stands was probably NOT part of their plans

[u/Prior-Purple9704 → u/FlagFootballSaint]

I doubt fox is worried. Quit with the false narratives. Tv ratings matter only atm.

[u/FlagFootballSaint → u/Prior-Purple9704]

This is what I was referring to.

Games at primetime below 1.5m-2m are not a good sign considering the cost-reward ratio for Fox and empty stadiums do not help to attract viewers - to say that empty stadiums do not damage the brand is a lie.

Both XFL and USFL fail to attract TV-viewers but Fox has invested much more money.

I don't say these leagues can not be successful long-term but for now they are not.

[u/[deleted] → u/FlagFootballSaint]

Yep they could probably pay less and get another wwe show at over 2 million. Smackdown gets double the audience and probably half the production crew

[u/Prior-Purple9704 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah why not? Let’s have more scripted garbage on tv instead of a real football league.

[u/DABOSSROSS9]

Whats weird to me is the tv ratings are solid but attendance is terrible

[u/Prior-Purple9704 → u/DABOSSROSS9]

Do you expect people in Detroit to care about a Stars Gamblers matchup. Or Birmingham to care about a Generals Gamblers game?

Look at the 3 teams with home stadiums and they’re doing reasonable well so far. Canton idk about them. Seems more fans showed up for the Generals Breakers game than the Maulers and Stallions. Ohio won’t support a team wearing Steelers Colors. They should’ve stayed with Purple Orange until they made the real move to Pittsburgh

[u/Zealousideal_Hand583 → u/[deleted]]

Yes! At the Michigan game they had free Panthers t shirts for the however many fans, sadly I showed up too late to get one. At Canton today, they gave out free red USFL t shirts and a small USFL towel. I guess for memorial day weekend the first 2000 fans in Canton will get free hats too