Lentorama 2023: It Happened on Holy Saturday

Day 40: The Three Dollar League rides again

While technically not the same league, the United States Football League "returned" to action on Saturday, April 16, 2022, with the Birmingham Stallions defeating the New Jersey Generals 28-24 at home (technically all games were home games for everyone, as all games save the championship were played in Birmingham).

The league bought the rights to the USFL name and several of its original franchises, so there was a lot about the new USFL that was familiar to anyone who watched the old USFL. Less familiar was the level of play, as the new USFL wasn't looking to actually compete with the NFL for players. So the actual gameplay was more on the level of other spring leagues (like the XFL or AAF).

The Stallions would go on to win the new league's first title, defeating the Philadelphia Stars. The league also won by making it to a second season (not common for spring football), helped no doubt by being a fully owned subsidiary of Fox.

And so we wrap up another year of Lentorama. See you early in 2024!