Huyghue at NFLPA Arizona Seminar

Michael Huyghue, UFL

NFLPlayers.com has reported that United Football League Commissioner Michael Huyghue attended the NFLPA seminar last week in Glendale, Arizona.

Michael Huyghue, commissioner of the new United Football League, was also on the agenda for the seminar. Huyghue told agents that the league is scheduled for kick off in August 2009, playing a fall schedule on Friday nights. Huyghue said the UFL will sign veteran players who had signed an NFL contract at least once in their football careers. The league will also compete with the NFL for rookie players drafted in rounds 3-7 of the NFL’s annual college draft. Player salaries will range from $75,000 to $1 million. The league is targeting major U.S. markets that currently do not have an NFL team, including Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Memphis and Orlando.

As we have reported numerous times Michael Huyghue continues to make the rounds to reach out to agents and players. The United Football League seems to have made a very concerted effort to reach out to agents, viewing them as the gateway to the players they are seeking to add to UFL rosters.

I would argue that the mention of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Memphis, and Orlando might very well be a sign that those four are four teams that are locked in. I would assume that Memphis would play at the Liberty Bowl, Vegas at Sam Boyd Stadium as we have reported, Los Angeles perhaps at Home Depot Stadium, and Orlando at either the new UCF stadium or the Citrus Bowl.

It is good to see that the UFL continues to move forward with outreach and behind the scenes work.

Source: NFLPA.com 

Nation Hahn @ April 10, 2008