If Michael Vick remains suspended from the National Football League for the 2009 season (which seems like a possibility even in light of recent news) then his options will be very few. The public relations heat from signing Vick may be too intense for Roger Goodell and any NFL team that elects to take a chance on the felon convicted for operating a dog fighting ring. It has been rumored that Goodell may consider allowing Vick to attend NFL training camp but will decide whether or not to reinstate Vick at a later date. I have to imagine that bad public relations and a few PETA protestors in the parking lot would have an influence on Goodell’s final decision.
America has mastered free enterprise like no other civilization to date. The tradition of economic freedom in America has yielded a sense of competitiveness and economic success unparalleled in the world. The American sports industry is certainly no exception to the competitiveness of the American free market, which has given way to some of the [...]
UFL Las Vegas head coach Jim Fassel went on the record with Boomer Esiason on “The Boomer Esiason show,” which airs Wednesdays at 10:00 PM EST on the MSG Network. Fassel discusses the current pool of NFL free agents available to the UFL, the prospect of Michael Vick playing for Las Vegas, and the [...]
The UFL has launched a revamped version of its official website which can be found here…
For most football fans, the failures of the XFL are probably the most vivid memories of any upstart football league, and most consumers understandably associate this kind of failure with upstart football leagues in general.
It seems a lot has been happening behind the scenes with the UFL over the past couple months.