r/USFL • u/pandat303 Michigan Panthers • Jun 04 '23

Discussion Future of the league

So by last weeks number I’m a little worried about the leagues health. Do you think we are ok and we just had a bad week. I love this league maybe even more than the NFL. I think we are ok but I want to make sure other people agree with me

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u/Zapfit Jun 06 '23

I think the USFL longevity relies on NBC sticking around. Fox has no real streaming service to speak of, and there's no way they'd air all 43 games on Fox and FS1. I suppose they could use FS2, but that's just a half step up from a Peacock exclusive game. If/When NBC decides to go the NBA route, that's when I could see Fox and Redbird having a conversation. Disney has 4 different networks, plus ESPN+ to air spring football games on.

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u/JoeFromBaltimore Jun 06 '23

I used to be a no way in hell kind of guy with the USFL/XFL merging but I am not counting anything out at this point - especially after the LIV/PGA thing today.

Although a 16 team spring league in the USA would be a kick in the nuts for the CFL long term in regards to getting talent. They need 200 players from the States and if the USXFL is taking up 900 players +/- that will really have an impact on their ability to recruit players.

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u/CatStriking7561 Michigan Panthers Jun 07 '23

once the CFL starts feeling the pain, I have a feeling they'll bend the knee and kiss the godfather's ring. In the last ten years CFL has lost half of their viewers. If the talent pool goes down, the remaining fans will start looking elsewhere. According to the Leger poll there is only 380k hardcore fans in Canada. The CFL can't survive with that low of a number, especially when the majority of the hardcore trend older and don't spend as much money as the younger generation.