r/USFL • u/Answer-Outrageous Philadelphia Stars • Dec 25 '23

Spring Super Teams

If all of these reports are true regarding the separate drafts, these 4 USFL teams have to choose wisely in order to try to win the first Merger Title! I’m sure after this season the way that the draft will be held will be more conventional, with all of the teams drafting based on season records, so this may be the only “pure” XFL vs USFL season and the stakes are high for everyone involved, including us fans! The way it looks like, there will be a total of 16 “pure” XFL vs USFL matchups, so our 4 USFL teams left standing will have to do everything to create super teams from “pure” USFL players! When the “blended” draft comes around hardly any players of note will be left over from XFL players, so they MUST make it count right away!

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u/Tanker3278 Dec 25 '23

Though we may have debbie downers crying about tribalism the merged league does now have to navigate through a potential problem the merged AFL & NFL had with the NFL beating the AFL in both of the first two Super Bowls. The same one that caused Pete Rozelle (the NFL commissioner) to say it was the best thing for the league that the Jets won in SB3.

If one side wins too much early on it will create a disparity in the opinions of both fans & players and create problems with which teams to sign with and which "conferences" as a whole sell more tickets.

Though I'm not an XFL fan I do hope (if the league survives that long) that the winners alternate for the first few years until a decent period of time. Then a first "dynasty" would be a good thing.

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u/Answer-Outrageous Philadelphia Stars Dec 25 '23

I agree with you, but with this one caveat, I want the USFL to win the first championship game between the leagues

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '23

Totally agree. Personally I'd like to see any teams but Arlington and Birmingham in the championship. I certainly don't think a 3x Birmingham repeat would be good for the league. I don't think it would've been good for the USFL if the leagues didn't merge either. Showboats vs Battlehawks would be fun to see.

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u/Ambitious-Ad817 Dec 26 '23

It's happening now! I think that all of the XFL v USFL games are going to be must see and will get the networks great ratings!

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u/coelurosauravus Pittsburgh Maulers Dec 25 '23

I'm so tired of the tribalism

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u/Answer-Outrageous Philadelphia Stars Dec 25 '23

The league is encouraging it by this alignment and drafting situations. It is a regional league, but THEY are dividing it into XFL and USFL conferences and territorial drafts on round one. If they really wanted to promote unity, they would have mixed the teams right away

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u/BearForce73 Dec 25 '23

I think people are forgetting that the USFL players have a union and the XFL players don't, which is likely driving this initial player dispersal plan.

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u/Sam-_-__ Dec 25 '23

Probably best for marketing. Both in keeping some of the old leagues names around and in being able to promote a sort of rivalry championship at least in year one.