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The USFL, or United States Football League, was an American professional football league that competed for three seasons. While it lost $163 million in that time. it is consider to be the strongest rival. league to the NFL dominance of American football since. the old AFL.

In the end, this is a story. about a league. that had a plan, failed to follow that plan, And let. arrogance, new brash millionaire owners, weak. Central leadership, and the NFL. itself beat it into submission.

The USFL was the dream of a New Orleans antiques dealer David Dixon. Dixon had been instrumental of bringing the Saints. Into the NFL in 1965, but saw football. as not only a fall sport but a sport fro spring and summer as well.

Dixon spent the next 15 years studying. the latest two challenges. to the NFL dominance; the AFL and the World Football League. In 1980, he hired a hired a marketing. agency to do a study on the feasibility. Of a spring and summer professional football league.

The results found that such a league was viable and. Dixon moved to the next step of building a new league.

Dixon signed up 12 cities, nine of which already had a NFL franchise, for the opening USFL season of 1983. He quickly reached a TV deal with ABC sports and the then fledgling ESPN. The TV rights were sell off for $13 million in 1983, $16 million in 1984 and 1985. Each year ABC was paying $9 million of the total rate. In accordance with this, ESPN President Chet Simmons was hire to be the Commissioner of the new league.

From the jump the USFL had a number. of issues among. Stadiums and ownerships groups most located in the state of California. Since California, and Los Angeles in particular, was deemed. Important enough that the. league had to cut several deals to maintain its. presence in the Golden state.

That first year the USFL did pretty well. Iin drawing fans in, with 12 teams operating they were able to lure. 2.7 million fans out to spring and summer football. Their games averaged 25,031 fans each and were. led by the Denver. Gold who were able to draw in over 40 thousand. fans per home game.