USFL Planning to Return in Spring of 2022
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Jun 3, 2021
The United States Football League announced Thursday that it plans on returning in the spring of 2022.
The league, which initially launched in 1983 but halted its operations after the 85 season, will target a minimum of eight teams instead of the 12 it initially consisted of and will utilize Fox Sports as its broadcast partner.
Fox Sports, according to the official release, also owns a minority equity stake in the company that owns the USFL.
From the SI Vault I m extremely passionate about football and the opportunity to work with FOX Sports and to bring back the USFL in 2022 was an endeavor worth pursuing, Brian Woods, cofounder of the new USFL and founder and CEO of The Spring League, said in a statement. We look forward to providing players a new opportunity to compete in a professional football league and giving fans everywhere the best football viewing product possible during what is typically a perio
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Former President Donald Trump publicly urged his friend Herschel Walker, a Heisman Trophy winner and former professional football player, to run for U.S. Senate in Georgia on Wednesday, hinting that he would endorse him.
“Wouldn’t it be fantastic if the legendary Herschel Walker ran for the United States Senate in Georgia?” Trump said in a statement. “He would be unstoppable, just like he was when he played for the Georgia Bulldogs, and in the NFL. He is also a GREAT person. Run Herschel, run!”
Trump and Walker grew close after the former president’s tenure as owner of the USFL’s New Jersey Generals, for which Walker played football. Walker also served on Trump’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition.
Trump Urges Herschel Walker to Run for Senate in Georgia
10 Mar 2021
Former President Donald Trump wants college football and NFL legend Herschel Walker to run for U.S. Senate in Georgia.
Trump made the announcement Wednesday in an email from his Save America PAC: “Wouldn’t it be fantastic if the legendary Herschel Walker ran for the United States Senate in Georgia? He would be unstoppable, just like he was when he played for the Georgia Bulldogs, and in the NFL. He is also a GREAT person. Run Herschel, run!”
Walker, 59, is a Georgia native who also played college football at the University of Georgia. Should Walker choose to run, he would face current Democrat Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock who won a special election to complete the remainder of retiring Republican Johnny Isaakson’s term.
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