Trump testimony revisits USFL strategy

Claims supported by this source

1. factdocumented

   Trump advocated moving the USFL to a fall schedule as part of a strategy to compete with or force accommodation from the NFL.

   Schedule move, antitrust strategy, and league outcome

   USFL fall-schedule strategy: Promised · Promised

2. factdocumented

   League owners approved the move and pursued antitrust litigation.

   Schedule move, antitrust strategy, and league outcome

   USFL fall-schedule strategy: The record · The record

3. factdocumented

   Trump owned the New Jersey Generals and advocated the fall strategy.

   Schedule move, antitrust strategy, and league outcome

   USFL fall-schedule strategy: The record · The record

4. factdocumented

   USFL proponents presented the antitrust case as a route to significant relief from the NFL.

   Schedule move, antitrust strategy, and league outcome

   USFL antitrust remedy: Promised · Promised

5. factdocumented

   The USFL suspended play before staging the planned fall season.

   Schedule move, antitrust strategy, and league outcome

   USFL fall-schedule strategy: Affected group · Affected group

6. analysisdocumented

   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.

   Schedule move, antitrust strategy, and league outcome

   USFL fall-schedule strategy: Audit finding · Cited analysis

7. factdocumented

   Trump was a leading USFL owner and public advocate of the litigation strategy.

   Schedule move, antitrust strategy, and league outcome

   USFL antitrust remedy: The record · The record

8. analysisdocumented

   The verdict supplied legal vindication on a narrow theory but not the financial remedy or business rescue the league strategy sought.

   Schedule move, antitrust strategy, and league outcome

   USFL antitrust remedy: Audit finding · Cited analysis