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The United Football League is a professional American football league being organized by William Hambrecht, a Wall Street investor and former minority partner in the USFL's Oakland Invaders, and Tim Armstrong, a senior executive at Google. Mark Cuban, owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, has agreed to purchase a franchise for $30 million. Teams are already being set up in Las Vegas, Mexico City and Los Angeles. Birmingham, San Antonio, Raleigh-Durham, and Orlando are being considered for franchise locations. Eight locations will play the initial games, which are scheduled to start in August 2008.

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• Blog Maverick - Competing with the NFL

  http://www.blogmaverick.com/2007/05/30/competing-with-the-nfl/
  Mark Cuban's weblog article about why a league competing against the NFL could succeed.

• CNNMoney.com: A Wall Street veteran starts United Football League: Report

  http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/02/news/newsmakers/hambrecht_football/index.htm
  Article announcing creation of the league.

• CNNMoney.com: Is there room for another football league?

  http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/17/commentary/sportsbiz/index.htm
  Commentary by Chris Isidore, discussing the chances of the league and the inevitability of others taking on the NFL.

• Media Life Magazine - Coming, a second pro football league

  http://www.medialifemagazine.com/coming-a-second-pro-football-league/
  Article by Toni Fitzgerald, cautioning against following the XFL's example and a focus on what TV ratings might be.

• New York Times: First and Long — Very Long

  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/sports/playmagazine/0603play-business.html?_r=2&ref=business&oref=slogin
  Article by Joe Nocera profiling Bill Hambrecht and his plans for the United Football League.

• OurSports Central - United Football League

  http://www.oursportscentral.com/sports/?l_id=135
  Coverage of the UFL, including links to external news stories.

• SignOnSanDiego.com - Hambrecht, Google exec to form rival to NFL, report says

  http://legacy.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/20070530-0746-football-league-.html
  Reuters story covering the announcement of the league.

• Wikipedia: United Football League

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Football_League_(planned)
  Open content encyclopedia article covers the league, including basic profile, executives, potential markets.

 

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