USFL fall-schedule strategy
- Promised
- Trump advocated moving the USFL to a fall schedule as part of a strategy to compete with or force accommodation from the NFL.Open cited record · 2 sources
- The record
- League owners approved the move and pursued antitrust litigation.Open cited record · 2 sources
- Who paid
- The USFL suspended play before staging the planned fall season.Open cited record
- United States Football League teams and employees
- USFL investors
- Audit finding
- contradicted
The league's move to fall did not produce the operating league envisioned by its proponents; multiple owners and market conditions also shaped the result.
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