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Fox Chief Lachlan Murdoch Says NFL Helping With April Launch Of USFL, Fox News “Competes More With Broadcast” Than Cable

Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch sees “a gap in the market for football” that the USFL can exploit when the professional league kicks off its inaugural season on April 16. The new operation controlled by Fox is unrelated to the 1980s iteration (one of whose teams, the New Jersey Generals, was owned by Donald Trump) that…

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Fox Sports Responds To Original USFL Owners’ Attempt To Block Relaunch Of League – Update

UPDATED: A lawyer representing Fox Sports and the new United States Football League has responded to a lawsuit filed yesterday by an organization of owners and executives from the original, 1980s-era USFL. David Bernstein of Debevoise & Plimpton, counsel to Fox Sports and USFL Enterprises, said in a statement: The…

USFL Season Opener To Be Simulcast On Fox And NBC In Rare Double-Team

The season opener of the new United States Football League on Saturday, April 16 will be simulcast on NBC and Fox, the networks said Tuesday, a rare occurrence in the world of sports TV. The eight-team spring pro league’s inaugural game will pit the New Jersey Generals against the Birmingham Stallions, with kickoff at…

NBC And Fox Will Both Air USFL Opener In April, In First TV Network Sports Simulcast Since 1967

NBC and Fox will simulcast the return of the USFL on April 16, the first time since the first Super Bowl in 1967 that two rival broadcast TV networks will both air the same live, scheduled sporting event. The primetime, Saturday night telecast from Birmingham, AL, will feature the New Jersey Generals and the…

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NBC To Broadcast USFL Games Along With Fox Under New Multi-Year Rights Deal

NBC Sports will televise USFL games along with Fox Sports when the pro football league returns in a new incarnation next spring. Starting in April, NBCUniversal will carry 21 USFL games in 2022, with eight on NBC, nine on USA Network and four on Peacock. Fox will have 22 games, 12 on its flagship broadcast network and…

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Ahead Of Spring 2022 Reboot, Fox Sports’ USFL Sets Senior Exec Team

As it gets ready for kickoff in April 2022, Fox Sports’ revival of the USFL has filled out its senior management team, installing several execs with Fox ties. Brian Woods, who founded The Spring League and served as CEO of the developmental organization from 2017 to 2021, will be the USFL’s president of football…

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The USFL, Long After Notorious 1980s Meltdown, Will Attempt 2022 Comeback With Fox Sports

The United States Football League, which challenged the NFL’s dominance in the 1980s before collapsing after just three seasons, will attempt a comeback in the spring of 2022. Fox Sports has signed on as official broadcast partner for the USFL and also owns a minority equity stake in the company that is resuscitating…

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