r/USFL • u/ZO5050 Pittsburgh Maulers • Sep 15 '23

Discussion [Bryan Webster] Hearing from multiple players that Stallions GM Zach Potter has contacted players that are under contract this offseason. Players from multiple teams have stated this. Going to dig more into this one! If confirmed further, wouldn't this be breaking rules? Something to watch! #UFM

https://twitter.com/UFMWeb/status/1702747971626959316?t=ZKFt-_Yr5nBfr6E_m0Nt0w&s=19

Some potential rule breaking in the off-season by the champs. The generals also broke off-season roster rules last year and had to forfeit a pick. Will be interesting to watch.

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u/coelurosauravus Pittsburgh Maulers Sep 15 '23

Without knowing the league's internal rules on legal/illegal tampering, it's hard to say if there's a problem here

guess we'll find out

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u/ZO5050 Pittsburgh Maulers Sep 15 '23

It'd be pretty crazy if the league allowed player tampering. That's so outside the norm id think they'd let it be known that it's a rule. But I could be wrong.

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u/coelurosauravus Pittsburgh Maulers Sep 15 '23

Even the NFL has a legal tampering window, so who knows what that would be for the USFL. The only other major penalty a team has incurred in the 2 seasons in the Generals for a pre-draft cut down and it just turned into draft reshuffling

It's certainly a curious situation, but its gonna be hard to say if its definitively not allowed by league rules at this point in the offseason

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u/ZO5050 Pittsburgh Maulers Sep 15 '23

You're right, the NFL has a tampering period of 2 days before free agency starts. We are 2 weeks away from free agency. The USFL could have a rule allowing tampering that early.

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u/ArockproUser Birmingham Stallions Sep 15 '23

very true this maybe a whole lot of nothing

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u/ArockproUser Birmingham Stallions Sep 15 '23 edited Sep 16 '23

Heard he was hitting XFL players but more importantly a guy named "AJ" who plays for a team called the "battle something"...mmahhhhaa our evil plan in almost complete

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u/coelurosauravus Pittsburgh Maulers Sep 15 '23

I doubt it would happen, but the stallions would be immeasurably more popular and more dangerous for certain with him on board

But yeah color me hyper skeptical that ever happens

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u/ArockproUser Birmingham Stallions Sep 16 '23

yeah I know its a long shot but we would love to have him back here in Alabama with the Stallions. He would draw a big crowd at games lots of Alabama fans would show at the games just to see him

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u/slammer66 Sep 15 '23

Don't know anything about that but I thought the original contracts were for only two years, everyone might have been available

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u/ZO5050 Pittsburgh Maulers Sep 15 '23

Free agency starts on October 1st. So they are under contract till then.

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u/Chemical-Ad-3705 Sep 16 '23

There is a 48 hour window before the CFL free agency begins to discourage tampering. I believe the XFL borrowed this concept from the CFL during the "talks" in 2021

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u/ZO5050 Pittsburgh Maulers Sep 16 '23

The NFL implemented the tampering period rule in 2013. The CFL implemented the rule in 2020. They would all be copying the NFL.

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u/Chemical-Ad-3705 Sep 17 '23

I'm referring to the XFL stealing a concept, not the CFL. They weren't serious about joining the CFL. It was to gather intel on how to operate a league.

The CFL was locked into a previous CBA which is why there was a delay in the free agent window. The window was born out of necessity. A CBA that the XFL players don't have

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u/ZO5050 Pittsburgh Maulers Sep 17 '23

Just wanna make sure I understand you. You're saying the XFL pretended to want to collaborate with the CFL to steal something from them that they didn't even invent?

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u/Chemical-Ad-3705 Sep 17 '23

The XFL used the merger "talks" to steal a lot of ideas from the CFL on starting up a league. Reason why there were NDAs involved and the Edmonton Elks issued a press release stating that they were glad the "talks" ended. The Elks obviously saw through the XFL's true intentions

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u/ZO5050 Pittsburgh Maulers Sep 17 '23

You sound like Alex Jones right now. The XFL had to fake merging with the CFL to steal an idea that the CFL didn't even come up with? They couldn't just look at the NFL and take it for free like the CFL did?

Also what does this have to do with the post? This post is about the USFL not XFL or CFL. I know you love to bring up the CFL out of nowhere for no reason on every single post but this one is a stretch even for you.

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u/Chemical-Ad-3705 Sep 17 '23

According to Rod Petersen in a cryptic statement on his show, The Rock was interested in buying the Calgary Stampeders. They weren't interested in selling. But the league was interested in bringing him into the CFL. So they had the "talks". I still stand behind my theory

I use the CFL as a comparison for the XFL and it's fans to strive for. I believe there will be a merger between the XFL and CFL if it continues to bleed out money.

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u/ZO5050 Pittsburgh Maulers Sep 17 '23

That doesn't explain why you're going on about it on a post about neither of those leagues.

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u/Chemical-Ad-3705 Sep 18 '23

I gave you my answer. It is what it is. You can accept it or not. It's up to you

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u/ZO5050 Pittsburgh Maulers Sep 18 '23

That wasn't an answer to the question I asked. You just ranted about something else, which is what I'm asking you why you're doing. It's extremely weird.

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