UFL 2025 Plans Confirmed: What Does the Future Hold? 

I can’t imagine with proper marketing and effort that markets like Memphis, BHam, Detroit can’t draw at least 12-15k

Great show guys! Interesting to hear that Mike is confident about having a different timeline in terms of season starting. I don't see a scenario where they can start in early March because that is right in the thick of college basketball season and the tournaments being ready to begin. It would have to be week after the Super Bowl if that's the case. If this does happen, then they would have to get a deal done with Ford Field.

@49:34 I agree so much on this point. Even the IFL has a community outreach strategy.

Bills Mafia could single handily sell out MetLife if the Super Bowl was there.

58:00 The original USFL used to do territorial drafts for their teams to keep the college players in their local area that's what filled the seats and this UFL should do the same

Championship game should be home field advantage.

As soon as I saw Chase all buddy buddy with Dormady, I knew it was a wrap. They both are the Matt Gloins of 2020 guardians team sent to help fold the league lol!😮

I don't get why Hines Ward would decline to come back if his contract for this year was already guaranteed. Didn't the pay cut affect the 2025 season for XFL coaches? Not this year?

They need to get some retired nfl players or big names that get cut.tebow would have been good for ufl in his prime or somebody who was like a heisman finalist.

51:00 You say they don't feel sound enough at their base but they didn't do anything to make themselves more sound with the Fans. It's like they know they have a cross-country trip but they won't get any gas they just keep trying to get massive success out of a shoe string budget!

Awesome! ✨

Canning an entire marketing dept and getting rid of a couple of successful markets is why attendance was down. Had they kept the championship game in Canton would have made attendance much better. Cheaping out hurt the 3 this year. And Mike, you cant expect fans to embrace a new team with non-commitment and half effort. Fans invest their emotions before they invest their money. You cant keep relocating teams and expect fans to be passionate. You get what you give and you have to earn fan’s trust before success comes.

I’m thinking The Oklahoma Outlaws check ✅ a ton of boxes 📦, & need to come back and shift Stoops over there.

I’m bracing for lots of coaching changes. Next month will be interesting. For guys like Philips Stoops and Holtz especially

YES PROMOTE FROM WITHIN

St. Louis absolutely dropped the ball regarding hosting the championship game. If they were auditioning for the NFL to return to the city, they did nothing to help their cause

30:13 local interest to boost attendance strategy, REGIONAL, DRAFT!

Attendance wise, this league didn't do too bad in my opinion. Even the TV ratings show the first season I think went pretty well. Obviously the UFL still has some work to do if it wants to expand.

Opening weekend should be Friday Feb 28 : Brahmas v Stallions Sat March 1: Memphis v Arlington Sat March 1: Houston v DC Sunday March 2: Michigan v St Louis Friday game on Fox at 7pm Sunday game on Fox at 3pm Saturday doubleheader on ABC 1 pm and 4 pm. If you start on this date you finish around May 17th. Avoid Mother’s and Father’s Day.

@35:53 #WitnessTheWalkerWonder 😉

The attendance in St. Louis (with the BHawks not playing) was still higher than any other city when their home teams were playing. Do you think the number would have been higher with Birmingham or San Antonio hosting? Maybe. Birmingham is pretty easy driving distance from STL and San Antonio is doable in a weekend. If the attendance was low, that’s on fans of those teams.

44:50 “moments “ = Argument

Dwanye hurt his arm on the movie set. I wonder if he is recovering from that? Could be the reason for him missing the Playoffs?...thoughts?

Stallions should draft players from the U of Alabama.

This League is operating like a NCAA Division II organization. No advertising, which host cities hardly knew the teams exist. No ties/sponsorships with the NFL. No NIL Level visibility, marketing of players/commercial products; nor, real push to highlight league(UFL) apparel. Need a Prime Time Friday Night Game, a Late Afternoon Saturday game, to avoid some of college basketball key matchups & local college programs games, which hurt Memphis, Houston, & Birmingham attendance, and wrap up the weekend with the regular Sunday two game broadcast, at slightly later start times. However, this league needs to expand by 4 teams, not only for more visible content/product; but, 8 teams looks & gives the impression of a less than low-level Minor League vibe. The needs to do a real market study of viable cities & approach to the population of those cities. Two cities that come to mind, right off the bat are Oklahoma City(Norman) and Canton....possibly Louisville as a third city, Baltimore as a crosstown rival to DC, maybe. The kicker is broadcasting. With a twelve-team league, the league can put together a network package, similar to the NFL Sunday Ticket, with the ABC/Fox networks, streaming on RU-vid TV where as, the UFL have 6 game every week, for 10 weeks, at a compatible marketed share price.... for the sake of argument, let's say for an example: $39.99 for the package(all 40 Sunday games), $49.99 with RedZone/4-Screen Sneak-Peek. The League would maintain one Prime Time game on Friday Night, rotated between ABC(5 games)/Fox(5 games). One National broadcast game mid-Sunday afternoon on a rotating basis with ABC(5)/Fox(5). The other 4 remaining games, played simultaneously, mid-Sunday afternoon on RedZone/4-Screen Sneak-Peek...with kick start time at 3:15p et/2:15p ct...broadcast start at 3p et/2p ct & broadcast end at 6:30p et/5:30p ct, unless overages. Obviously, when one network feature the Friday Night Prime Time Game, the other network partner broadcast the Sunday National Televised Game. The other Four game, split broadcasting rights between the two networks, ABC/Fox coverage, streamed on RU-vid TV RedZone/4-Screen Sneak-Peek. This can help the league generate more revenue, from package sells & Ads; and maybe, help marginally increase RU-vid TVs Subscriptions some. This league needs to convey a more big-boy business operation plan, as if they are an SEC/B10 knock off alternative to minor league football. Now as for the schedule for a 12-Team League...this is where the league needs to temporarily, think outside the box, for the time being, until the time come, hopefully, where the League can expand to 16 Teams. Forget this USFL/XFL Division format...time to move past that, at least for now. Set up 3 Divisions of 4 Teams each, based on naturally geographic proximity/regional rival. Each Team play 6 Division games, home & home, against their divisional rival. 2 games, one home/one away, against two opponents of one Division...the same against the other Division. Rotate opponents every two years...if the League can last that long. 6 Team Playoffs format, where as, 3 Division winners & 3 Wildcards(regardless of division affiliate). Top two teams gets a bye, for 1st Round Wildcard Weekend....3rd division winner(3-seed) host the 6th seed and the top wildcard team(4th-seed) host the 5th seed. 2nd Round Divisional Playoff Game feature the top team(1st-seed) hosting the lowest seeded team that advance and the 2nd seed team hosting the other team that advance. Championship Game feature the two remaining teams that advance. Again, ABC/Fox split televised playoff games....networks bid on televising the Championship Game. All post-season kick times TBD....probably on a Saturdays/Sundays, at that time of the year, when March Madness is long gone.

I almost nailed both the attendance and ratings. I predicted 26k and 1.4 it ended up at 27k and 1.5

The Super Bowl is often a dud compared to the conference championships.

Reid , why do so many people in these chats hate the 3 time defending, spring ( world ) champions Birmingham Stallions? It is what it is. The Stallions just try harder. They can rant and rave all they want .The league WILL never, ever , move the Stallions out of Birmingham and Protective Stadium. People stop hating !!! The Stallions faithful are DEVOUT. Could there be more at home game ? Sure . Will there be more at forthcoming seasons? For sure . Here's a suggestion. TRY HARDER NEXT TIME . Giddy up and Buck EM 👍 😎💯💥💫

1:07:11 Since the league isn't expanding next year, they really gotta come hard with the branding& Marketing. Like alternate uniforms week or isloate the conferences over the season and have a mid season cross over week they gotta be creative with just these 8 teams until they add more do something different the previous season didnt have. something to tune in for and something to attend the games for. Like for the USFL they should do throwback uniforms and for the XFL they should do alternate uniforms also either add two more games to the season or 2 more teams to the playoffs. Make space 2025 season for 2 more teams to join 2026 season.

Look you start pulling teams and the league will not survive in the long run.. The reason Birmingham teams are hard sell is due to the fact that we have lost a lot of teams over past couple of decades. That makes fans very weary of trusting these leagues and they need to give time to build the trust back. So, they are doing the right thing and the league needs to get out and sell it self in the communities and market better...that will fix things

Has the UFL announced who will host the championship game next season?

43:30 Sorry but the needle is not going to move next year in any of the Cities it's going to be more of the same because fans are not going to buy in until they feel secure this league is sticking around and in the meantime they have to creat better fanfair at Games and more visible Marketing and Yes Create Stars and Hold on to them for more than a season. Stars Fill Seats ( Like PJ WALKER DID AND JAKE BATES MADE US TUNE IN) something to Make the Live experience MORE ENJOYABLE 💁‍♂️

I'm kinda bummed they aren't expanding into 2025.. I think Omaha NE would be an amazing spot they'd get anywhere from 15K Plus every home game plus there's no Pro teams there they would have to compete with.. What if they move stadiums In Michigan and in Houston s in its No better in 2025 than it was in 2024 they'll have Achieved nothing

How about expansion teams in San Diego California team name orcas black and white uniforms and another team in Oakland team name seagulls team colors gray white and black

18:00 My Stars were on the Verge of Being USFL Champs and gave the best Show since then! This Should have been Winner takes all. Which ever league wins this Championship takes over teams so which ever side wins gets to convert the remaining teams to their league. 😄 Brahamas Battlehawks Roughnecks Defenders Have to move and become USFL teams! Gamblers Stars Breakers Generals 🎉

41:30 This is why I never listen to opening season agenda! Because they said after the retr41:action that they were going to (that the government made them agree) to expand each year 2 by 2 by 4 ( as Greg Williamstold us all) 😮!!! I dont believe anything anymore because they just lie to keep us invested till they get what they want. They got our attention this season, numbers stayed the same, and probably because of that lie that created hope for disgruntled fans fornseason 2 now its a different story!!!

Trotting out the same 8 markets wirh no expansion as they basically were saying wpuld happen is a disaster. They are just trying to survive and not trying to thrive. Brutal news for us spring league fans. Im shocked that they would just stay pat in shit markets.

The XFL side is going to destroy this league. Earlier start? Middle of the week games? This was already proven not to work in the XFL. And not expanding is only disappointing to people who don't know better. Nobody who understands the need for gradual and rational growth for a spring league is disappointed.

Birmingham Stallions very lousy attendance, mean that team needs to be moved to Salt Lake City…