United States Football League USFL hires new general managers for two teams Updated Oct. 18, 2022 7:01 p.m. ET ... After being drafted by the old USFL New Jersey Generals in 1985, ...

The USFL is owned by Fox Sports, which launched the league in 2022 to revive the old USFL of the 1980s. The Panthers were an original USFL team from 1983-85, winning the inaugural championship in ...

The USFL in 2023 became the first pro-football spring league to make it to a second season since the old USFL in the 1980s. The latest version of the XFL launched in 2023, after two previous failures.

The USFL launched in 2022 playing all its regular-season games in the Birmingham, Ala. market to save money; then, in 2023, the USFL moved to four markets, with two teams in each, including Detroit.

For 34-year-old New Orleans Breakers quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson, the USFL allowed him to continue pursuing his dreams."Anytime you get to put on pads and play professional football, it’s ...