Commissioner Huyghue on the State of the United Football League

Michael Huyghue opened up his State of the League Address by saying, “This league was an idea ten years in the making, an idea of William Hambrecht’s. The idea evolved over time but we went out with a few core principles. One, we wanted to be in non-NFL markets as much as possible. Two, the appetite for football in this country is insatiable. We decided we were going to build with football people and have a high quality product. Our mission, period, was quality and we thought we could get NFL caliber players who could provide 80% of the quality of an NFL guy at 20% of the cost.”