▪︎ United Football League, the UFL is back !
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Players
Each team carries 75-men roster to training camp, with regular season rosters will stand at 50 (45 active on game day).[44][45] The minimum stay on injured reserve is five games, while season ending injured reserve designation guarantees player a camp invite the following season.[46]
While the UFL embraced more of a "developmental league" mentality,[47] they're also targeting veteran backups type players, with Johnston saying: "there are a lot of guys who are at peace that their NFL window has closed, but they love the camaraderie of the locker room. They love the day-to-day grind... That's been the really inspiring thing to me, is there is a number of guys in our league who just love the game and want to keep playing it as long as they can.[48] Players that have three or four years in the NFL and want to kind of rewrite that narrative, the way that they’re being viewed by front office’s in the NFL, they want an opportunity to come into the UFL and change that narrative".[49] Johnston also mentioned that the league would like to change the narrative, from "developmental league" and starting to talk about the "sustainability of spring football": "I think one of the things that we’ve started to have conversations is what do we want our new messaging to be? We do want to move off of the developmental component. We want to get away from the opportunity component. We want to talk about the talent of the players that are in this league... (compere to) spring football that you have seen in other iterations, this will be the best talent that if you’re a fan of spring football, you will have seen in recent history".[50]
Unionization & compensation
Local 9004 of the United Steelworkers, which had served as the labor union for the USFL in 2023, will continue in that capacity for the UFL, operating as the United Football League Players Association[51] (This is not to be confused with the United Football Players Association, which Local 9004 disowned during the 2023–24 offseason).[52] The league will continue operating under the USFL's collective bargaining agreement.[51][53]
Initial reports suggested that, contrary to the 2023 XFL season, quarterbacks would not be allowed to sign for salaries higher than the other positional players.[54][53] However, the UFLPA later clarified that the agreement with the league is for minimum salary only, and any player could sign a personal contract above the minimum.[55] As late as January 2024, the league had resisted "pushback" from some of the higher-paid XFL quarterbacks to increase quarterbacks' salary, with Johnston at the time refusing to deviate from the plan to pay all players equally while acknowledging "there's a good argument for both sides. How do we manage this situation(...)? It's hard to thread that needle."[48]
Select XFL players, who had voted against joining the USW in 2023, expressed concern about the lack of winning bonuses (a key feature of the XFL's pay structure) and a requirement to pay union dues,[53] while some players decided not to return to the league, citing the pay cut as a contributing factor.[56] On an interview after the merger, former Battlehawks QB AJ McCarron revealed that XFL players were in advanced talks with the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) for exclusive representation.[56]
Salary
UFL players' minimum salaries will be $5,500 per week ($2,500 for inactive players) and $150 a week toward 401K contributions, with $400 a week house stipend and $55-a-day per diem stipend during travel days. All contracts will run from January 1 to August 24. During training camp, all players will receive $850 a week. Players on injured reserve will receive $2,500 a week (plus house stipend). UFL players will also be entitled for "players accolade bonuses" for Player of the week ($1,000), All UFL ($2,500), Player of the year ($5,000), and MVP ($7,500).[46] The overall league player budget is $24 million.[32]
Rules. ... most
Mike Pereira and Dean Blandino are in charge of the UFL's officiating and rules.[41][57]
The league rulebook was released February 13, 2024. Though most of the UFL's unique rules were common to both the USFL and XFL (such as allowing a second forward pass if the first does not cross the line of scrimmage, and the treatment of a fumble through the end zone the same as other forward fumbles in that it is brought back to the spot of the fumble), a limited number required compromise or were changed entirely from both leagues' rules:
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im watching the ladies tourney. Lsu just beat ucla . well you know they want a lsu iowa match up
im watching the ladies tourney. Lsu just beat ucla . well you know they want a lsu iowa match up
I can't care less about basketball, except for the women's college teams. A couple of those teams are bigger and play a good bit of basketball hockey, like Ohio State getting beat by a team that kept sending them to the floor...
We watch the women's college teams a lot. Great stuff. Sorry Ohio State lost, as always.
Caitlin Clark ROCKS ! the LSU game will be amazing. Angel Reese, is just seeming to be trouble, with her head not screwed on right.
Iowa can't let lsu rough them up and take them out of their game. That is what it seems happened to Ohio State.
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I can't stand Angel Reese, and "America's Basketball Sweetheart" Caitlin Clark is a flopping, whiny crybaby.
So go South Carolina. ?
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I can't stand Angel Reese, and "America's Basketball Sweetheart" Caitlin Clark is a flopping, whiny crybaby.
So go South Carolina. ?
I can't stand Angel Reese, and "America's Basketball Sweetheart" Caitlin Clark is a flopping, whiny crybaby.
So go South Carolina. ?
Some people just love them some white pocket passer types whether it's a Lady Hawkeyes point guard/shooting guard or a cement shoe'd NFL QB.
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I like it. Entertaining to watch and a good idea to help the players with the ability to showcase.
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I like it. Entertaining to watch and a good idea to help the players with the ability to showcase.
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Watched a little bit while grilling for Easter. Pretty enjoyable, but the kickoff was wonky. Of the 5 or so kickoff returns I saw, they all made it to the 40+ yard line. They were not using the new kickoff system the NFL will either, I thought they were. But definitely some good talent, wasn't amateur hour.
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I can't stand Angel Reese, and "America's Basketball Sweetheart" Caitlin Clark is a flopping, whiny crybaby.
So go South Carolina. ?
I can't stand Angel Reese, and "America's Basketball Sweetheart" Caitlin Clark is a flopping, whiny crybaby.
So go South Carolina. ?
Angel Reese is a goof, but looks great in a bikini!!
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Clark is the 3 point maker from Steph Curry range. Fun to watch her just throw them in or make pinpoint passes if over covered.
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