We are one week from the kickoff of the United Football League – something that at one time seemed improbable and now is imminent. In the days to come expect a number of articles to emerge profiling the league, coaches, and players.

It comes with the territory when a new league launches and the UFL is no different in that arena.

AOL FanHouse is out with a strong piece tonight focused on both the United Football League and Dennis Green.

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Former Buffalo Bills quarterback J.P. Losman, a starter in the NFL just last season, had opportunities to be a back-up on several NFL teams, according to Green, but decided to come to the UFL, where presumably he will get much more playing time with the Locomotives.

“Losman made a great decision,” Green said. “There is a lot of skepticism about a player who is not on the field. That skepticism can be erased. There were a lot of players who wanted (to play in the UFL), but weren’t sure about the league. I’ll tell you one thing … it gives players a shot.”

Green, most likely feeling a kinship with those who were once-prominent, called the decline of running backs over the age of 30 — when most are considered to have prime years in the rearview mirror — a complete myth. That belief, however, is responsible for landing some players out of the NFL– and into the UFL — in favor of those with fresher legs.

The coach said the league welcomes the overlooked, under-appreciated and, most of all, under-served. The UFL’s business model will focus on putting teams in cities that are starved for professional football, capitalizing on the country’s most popular sport.

“We absolutely hope that teams in Las Vegas and Orlando — places that always wanted pro football — will love to have a team,” he said. “Of course, New York is the big city, and San Francisco can support another team (other than the 49ers) in a different part of town.

“Other leagues have tried in the winter and fall, but we can get good players. Americans have shown that they will watch good football, period.”

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