Steve

Offer it to a local independant station to run on one of their digital channels. Intergrate mobile into the feed like we do at http://www.fandrivemedia.com for our sports clients. Add predictive voting, live text to screen and premium mobile reverse auctions and every hour of company content will make money right from the start. This is a very radical move but you could pull it off and I can show you how cause Im playing in the space today.

LV part of plan for football league: Eight-team UFL would start in \’08
http://www.lvrj.com/news/7761872.html

Despite a mediocre record, the Las Vegas Outlaws of the XFL had amazing support. However, I feel that the combination of the prime games on Saturday night (when everyone is out or when men stuck at home have to watch what their woman wants [pity them]) was just a bad time slot.

Friday nights not do much better.

My thoughts and suggestion? Do a winter/spring league. I love football more than the NBA (sorry… just my thing). I\’d love to watch football through April.

HOWEVER… keep all the teams in the south half of the U.S. (plus Mexico). Places where in the dead of winter, it is still warm enough to see a game. And… areas where football is loved.

Bottom Line:

No teams in New York or Chicago. The XFL showed that playing to that audience didn\’t work, plus too cold to watch a game.

Teams should be in the Southern half of the U.S. (and Mexico if needed). Teams in cities with no NFL team.

Make the season Feb – April and have the playoffs and UFC super bowl to happen just before NBA playoffs happen.

But.. with the zillions of football games already available every day of the week now in the fall… good effing luck.

The XFL almost had it right. Almost. Winter/Spring works in football happy markets in warmer climates. That will work. Friday nights in the fall… no dice.

Ted Newkirk
CEO
AccessVegas.com

If the UFL changes a few rules, it could create a truly innovative and exciting brand of football. I would like to see unlimited motion and forward motion before the snap allowed, like in Canada or the Arena league. Middle screen plays are illegal in the NFL, but legal in college football.

Fans love big plays, touchdowns and sacks. If offensive linemen were required to space themselves at least a yard apart, it would create natural running lanes for running backs, and pass rushing lanes for linebackers. Make the endzone larger and require only one foot inbounds for pass completions. If you really studied the rulebook, I\’m sure you could find other changes that could make the game more exciting.

In order to compete with the NFL, you would probably need to adopt a novel approach to the game, similiar to what the Arena League did, because the NFL has the talent monopoly. I would suggest tweaking the rules of football to make the game more exciting. Try making the run n\’ shoot or shotgun offense the base offense for all the teams. You could do that by requiring the offense to line up with at least four ends and only 2 backs on every play. Adopt some ideas from rugby or aussie rules football. Allow the offense to advance the ball by kicking it, and allow dropkicked field goals. Imagine the possibities! The quarterback lines up in the shotgun formation with a 3rd and long situation on the 30 yard line. He tries dropkicking a field goal and comes up short, but no problem because one of the wide recievers recovers the ball in the endzone for a touchdown! A league that allowed things like this would be exciting to watch, even if it was staffed by second tier talent. Think outside the box!

Football teams should have predatory names that end in \”s\”.
There are plenty of those type of names still available….

Barracudas, Silverbacks (gorillas), Scorpions, Condors, Vipers, Rhinos, Griffins, Centaurs, Yellowjackets, Whalers, Sea Wolves, Cougars, Warhawks, Stallions, Toros, Diablos, Makos (Sharks), Phantoms, Stingrays, Norsemen, Kodiaks (Bears), Corsairs, etc.