UFLAccess.com News Director Dusty Sloan interviewed Las Vegas Locomotives tight end Adam Bergen Monday night, and got Bergen’s thoughts on the future of the United Football League, the market of Las Vegas and more.
The steady stream of United Football League players making the jump to the NFL hasn’t slackened just yet, with news coming this week that Las Vegas Locomotives running back stand out DeDe Dorsey has signed a two-year contract with the Detroit Lions.
Dusty Sloan looks back at the Shrine Bowl and three players who could be drafted in the first UFL Draft.
Very few professional football leagues not named the National Football League or Canadian Football League get to see six years old.
No one knows what the odds are for the United Football League getting to that milestone. But it’s fun to speculate about what the UFL could look like by 2015.
Year one of the United Football League certainly had some notable moments, players that emerged with surprising talent and potential, resulting in some key signings to the NFL with success, legitimizing the UFL as a viable place to not only find truly talented players, but for athletes to sharpen their skills and quarterbacks to get playing time instead of riding the bench…. With the inception of a second year come many questions that have been on the minds of a lot of sportswriters and fans alike.
On Christmas night, I was watching the ESPN “30 for 30” documentary on the United States Football League (for the third time), and it hit me.
The United Football League has an extremely good chance to accomplish what the USFL never could – lasting non-National Football League professional football success.
The United Football League announced today that five additional UFL players have joined NFL teams. Since the UFL’s season concluded on November 27th, 18 players have been signed to NFL teams’ active roster(s) and/or practice squad(s).
Shortly ago, Mike Florio of Profootballtalk reported that J.P. Losman had agreed to sign with the NFL’s Oakland Raiders, with Losman visiting Oakland today for a physical. PFT was told that Losman’s stint with the United Football League’s Las Vegas Locomotives under the direction of coach Jim Fassel was the impetus behind Oakland’s move. This evening, UFL Access can confirm PFT’s report. J.P. Losman will indeed find time with the Oakland Raiders this season. (Image, left, property of the NFL.)