Great news for the United Football League as AOL’s FanHouse sports venture added a tab for coverage of the United Football League today. FanHouse is one of the more widely read sports websites on the internet – aiding in publicity for the new venture.

Today brought another good article covering Jim Fassel which is worth a read for all UFL fans. Excerpts below:

While the stakes aren’t as high, Fassel talks as if he is all-in when predicting the UFL’s success.

“One of the differences between the UFL and other leagues (that have tried to succeed alongside the NFL) is that the UFL is regular football,” the coach said, alluding to the gimmicks that other alternatives have used to attract attention.

“Another thing is that, those leagues that have failed, they lose their financial compass. We are staffing just four teams, letting the league start small and let it grow.”

Echoing the sentiments of others involved with the league, Fassel believes the UFL’s growth potential is strongly rooted in its talent base, which the coach believes will be an asset to the NFL. Many of the UFL’s players, Fassel admits, are good enough to play in the NFL and will do so.

“That definitely will happen. It’s not the concept of the league (to be a minor league system), but it will happen, some players will go on to the NFL,” Fassel said. “At the end of the day, NFL (personnel evaluators) want to see guys play.

“I knew we would have good players. I knew how good the guys were that I cut (while in the NFL), but I’m surprised by how good our players are. It has surpassed my expectations.”

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For the rest of the article: AOL FanHouse