1. Seattle - The Dragons 2. New Orleans - The Breakers 3. Canton/Columbus - The Vipers/Wildcats/Guardians 4. Raleigh - The Vipers/Wildcats/Guardians 5. Denver - The Gold 6. Oakland - The Invaders 6. San Deigo - The Express/Wildcats 7. Louisville - The Vipers/Wildcats/Guardians 8. OKC/Tulsa - The Outlaws 9. Portland - The Vipers/Wildcats/Guardians 10. Omaha - The Vipers/Wildcats/Guardians/Night Hawks
i think the west expansion should be split between 2026 and 2027, with each year getting one western team and one eastern team, so that way its spread out and not all at once.
I love your list of cities. I believe the UFL must bring back the big TV market cities. Chicago ,Philly ,NJ/NY and LA. The UFL needs the TV rating more then fans in the seats. We the TV viewers want the fans in the seats because it looks better on TV. I hope in 2026 the UFL move the Birmingham Stallions & Memphis Showboats franchise to Nashville and Louisville (only if they can play in a soccer size stadium.) Also if the Michigan Panthers can't move into a smaller stadium, move the team to Chicago. Only if the Chicago Blitz can get into a smaller stadium like they're building on the campus of Northwestern University. Just imagine by 2028 The UFL have 12 teams and 4 team divisions ::: east / CHICAGO, PHILLY, NY/NJ & DC ::: mid west / St. Louis ,Louisville ,Nashville & Columbus, Ohio .::: south / The 3 Texas teams & NEW ORLEANS BREAKERS and the ::west division / LA , VEGAS, PORTLAND & SEATTLE or LA ,VEGAS , SAN DIEGO & OAKLAND / BAY AREA or LA ,VEGAS ,SEATTLE or OAKLAND INVADERS / BAY AREA ( Don't let the Oakland Invaders breakout into Silver /Black and a new Black hole !!!!!) ,,,,,,,, 4THE LOVE OF 🏈
The only team that might move would be Memphis if their attendance continues being awful like it was last year. Chicago was one of the cities I almost had in my list as I definitely could see them being a very successful city. A big reason I hope the league expands out west is to get higher TV ratings since the league is missing out on that entire side of the country.
@kpower..... I 'm ok with that, but Arlington/ Dallas is the Headquarter of the league. Houston is the 4th most populated city in the United State. It's all about the TV ratings Mr. Powers. If the UFL going to make it. I believe you need a few big TV markets , Soccer size stadiums ,two strong HUB locations and rivalries. If UFL can keep the league at 2 strong hub location. Bring along big TV markets cities like Chicago , NY/NJ ,LA & Philly. Then you will have your big city rivalries playing in soccer size stadiums. Birmingham have won 3 straight championships and only average just over 8,000 fan's in a stadium that holds over 45,000 spectators. Memphis playing in the old / new Liberty bowl stadium that holds over 50,000 seats with only 8,000 fan's in the stadium. St. Louis Battle hawks plays in a 50,000 seat dome, average 32,000 fans and they have NOT WON a playoff game in their 3 season history. Yea , I would move Memphis and the CHAMPS in 2026 if they don't show better attendance at the games. If UFL place the Stallions franchise in the city of New Orleans and play the games at Yulman Stadium capacity of around 30,000 seats. I bet we won't be taking about making the New Orleans Breakers move from that city !!! It comes down to TV ratings and stadium size. If you play in a 20,000 seat stadium with 8,000 - 10,000 fan's. it looks a lot better on TV and when it looks better on TV ?? Big ratings mean Big money for UFL.
Prefer the Philadelphia Stars. But I’ll take any two teams from the 80’s USFL or one of those and a Canton team, and then ship the Roughnecks back to the XFL conference where they came from.
The Breakers and Dragons are of course the best choices for immediate success (I mean dragons fans are still pissed about them getting scuffed) Also Dragons-Battlehawks is gonna get the views with the entire 2023 Situation.
My 10 cities and teams Pittsburgh Maulers Philadelphia Stars Harrison, New Jersey Generals (Red Bull Arena) New Orleans Breakers Austin Gamblers Seattle Dragons Portland Vipers Canton Guardians (No rule saying you can't have another team named Guardians in Ohio) San Diego Wildcats Oklahoma (OKC or Tulsa) Outlaws
@@kpowers Nah I'd rather have the Guardians in Orlando and I'd rather have the Vipers in Vegas and I'd rather have the Breakers in Portland and I'd rather have the Wildcats in Albuquerque and I'd rather have Sea Dragons instead of just Dragons
@@kpowers Portland Breakers New York Guardians Tampa Bay Vipers Seattle Sea Dragons Pittsburgh Maulers Philadelphia Stars New Jersey Generals El Paso Gamblers Albuquerque Wildcats OKC Outlaws
@jaycethefordguy Fans of Spring football and people in Tampa want the Bandits back over the Vipers. Makes more sense to move the Vipers to Portland and make a rivalry with the Seattle Dragons. Guardians at Metlife Stadium? Way too big. If you put the Guardians on the East Coast Hartford Connecticut makes more sense. Wildcats in San Diego makes more sense and might bring back LA fans who supported the LA Wildcats. Albuquerque may be too hot to play in the summertime. Austin seems like a better market for the Gamblers. Could play at Q2 stadium
Thoughts on moving the Houston Roughnecks to the XFL Conference and adding two new USFL Conference teams? XFL: Battlehawks Renegades Defenders Brahmas Roughnecks USFL: Stallions Showboats Panthers Folded Team Folded Team This way the USFL Conference can being back two of its folded teams they could do it with an 8 team conference in mind as well as a North and South Division. Add to North teams like the Generals, Maulers and Stars Or two South teams like the Breakers, Bandits and Gamblers (maybe relocate Gamblers to a market outside of Texas)
I would be behind that 100%! I always hated how they changed the Gamblers brand to the Roughnecks instead of just keeping the actual Roughnecks or keeping the Gamblers, so moving them back and bringing back two other USFL teams is something I would like.
Only markets I disagree with are the California cities. San Diego has too many technical issues and Oakland is not ideal. Both cities are also just as far out west as Portland and Seattle, the only problem is running teams in California is expensive and the entire state as a whole is way more saturated than the pacific northwest.
That's why I would prefer Portland and Seattle, but I felt I had to talk about them since so many people want a team in one of those cities. I hope the league doesn't just add teams in the eastern half of the country 🙏!
There's really a lot of options. If it were up to me, i'd take a look at the team rights i already have, and bring back the ones that are profitable. Then i'd most likely look at cities that don't have football or a lot of pro sports at all. Places like San Diego, Nebraska, Oregon, Oklahoma, Iowa, maybe even Kentucky or Virginia
Virginia was a state where I was really debating on adding a city from there to my list. Not having a pro team could be a huge benefit for the UFL if they brought a team there.
The league feels like it is just a South and Midwest League. Not that exciting. I know cost is an issue, but I would get into the big markets sooner rather than later if you want to grow this thing. Seems like there is no plan for NY, NJ, PA Chicago and CA. Hard to get big tv money without these Areas.
At the very least the league needs to just expand their footprint across the country as having 0 teams west of Texas is not great for gaining fans across the country.
top teams in the east. south, midwest..{Orlando,louisville,raleigh, {Norfolk.virginia beach,hampton roads} Charleston/ myrtle beach}, mobile, savannah, canton/columbus, shreveport, Brooklyn, Milwaukee,syracuse}. {west,, Oklahoma City, Omaha, the big sky area{Dakotas,idaho,montana, Wyoming}. Portland, Oakland Sacramento or San Jose, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque, Austin, Tucson, Colorado Springs}
I really hope that at some point we see a team in the true NC (not Charlotte) or VA area! It feels like in 2026 we will either get a team in Columbus or Canton which I'm all in favor of. If the league does eventually go to Omaha I would love to see them revive the Nighthawks trademark for it!
The issue I have with UFL teams playing in NFL cities is that professional football as a whole is underrepresented because the NFL hasn't expanded to meet the demand. And while they might "expand" the fan base by giving fans pro football for most of the year, it can also have the opposite effect where a team like the Breakers could cut into the Saints fanbase especially if the Breakers become successful and the Saints start becoming losers again. It gives fans an out basically where they can say why should I support the Saints when the Breakers are the ones winning games. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia don't need UFL teams but then many of the things you would use to say they don't can just as easily be applied to Seattle, Denver and other NFL cities you mentioned that the UFL could expand to. If the UFL wants a winning strategy, they need to focus first on cities where they are likely to succeed but that aren't NFL markets. San Diego is one but Oakland wouldn't be because of the 49ers nearby. People will argue but even though they lost their team, city leadership in Oakland is some of the worst in the nation and this is hurting their fanbase for sports. The Raiders and A's brought billions of dollars to that city but when they asked for a new stadium, city leaders basically said ehhh... who needs them? I use Oakland as an example about businesses and why they left black communities due to Socialist Democrats and their anti wealth stance always attacking corporations and the wealthy and refusing to produce the incentives needed to keep employers in these communities. Most businesses are transient meaning they have the ability to pick up and move to other cities willing to provide the incentives they're looking for... ala Las Vegas luring both the Raiders and now the A's away from Oakland. The environment in Oakland is not conductive to any pro teams now or in the near future really. San Diego is a much better environment for the UFL because even if their leadership is poor, they don't have NFL competition and there's a rabid fanbase there that can be exploited if they reimagined the San Diego Fleet of the AAF giving them the second UFL's Destroyers name. I also disagree about Seattle because while I know you like the idea, moving that team to Portland as the Portland Dragons or resurrecting the name Portland Thunder would likely pay higher dividends if they can tie into the Seattle fanbase/market. But before we get ahead of ourselves, we have to discuss if there will even be a league as venture capital is dying off everywhere and FOX's investment here is basically venture capital. If this league doesn't get individual owners over these teams this year to start promoting each team in their markets, we're going to see empty stadiums again and cities/states not even knowing they have teams because, as we have discussed many times, FOX and the other ownership group are basically doing nothing at all to promote these teams to their markets. Where you might continue to support that expansion be put off a while longer like the league seems to be doing, the reality is they should have moved forward with individual ownership for each team in this off season and didn't. At least some form of 60/40 deal for prospective owners to have the minority part where they take over the promotion of the team in local markets and prepare for buying majority ownership when they are settled in a bit better and prove themselves to FOX that they are legit and not a bunch of criminals and bozo's like the ones in past leagues. Invite individual owners for a year or two monitoring and vetting them to make sure there's a firm financial foundation behind each team. I am dead serious, this is an enormous mistake not bringing in team owners over the off season where the league maintains majority control over each team until the owners prove themselves. Without someone in charge with resources to promote each team in their markets, this leagues in serious trouble and talking future expansion may be spitting into the wind.
While I think it unlikely that a team like the Breakers would cut into the Saints fanbase like I mentioned, it might be enough to make the Saints consider relocation if this happens and make the NFL see the UFL as a legit threat they'll use their wealth and influence with FOX to kill the UFL. The UFL should be more complimentary as Jacksonville keeps giving ramblings they may be relocating so a UFL team moving in to help that along would be complimentary and the UFL team could keep the Jaguars name. A deal like how the Browns left Cleveland with the name and legacy to basically become a new expansion team in Baltimore... leave the fans in the original cities with the name and if the NFL ever decides to move back, they have rights to reclaim the name if they wish. This is another element missing as the UFL needs to focus on complimenting and working with the NFL to expand into new markets where the NFL currently has no teams. Take Birmingham again as I've mentioned before how due to the Titans, Falcons, Buccaneers and Saints, Alabama has been carved up into existing team markets where the NFL is not going to let another NFL team play in Birmingham even if all the right conditions are met. Yet, none of those four NFL teams really tries to win over the Alabama fanbase and the same is true in other cases. The UFL needs to focus on where they could become an asset to the NFL and rather than proposing just where you'd like to see the first two expansion teams go, you gave us 13 lol. If I had to pin you down for what two cities you'd support, you'd obviously go with New Orleans and Seattle... you've made this abundantly clear. But, for me it would be San Diego and possibly Canton/Columbus reviving the Bulldogs identity. Louisville might be another good idea but I'm just not feeling that yet. Omaha is another one I'd support but I think the UFL has to think IMPACT and San Diego and Canton/Colombus might provide the biggest impact. If they went with four expansion teams in 2026 instead of two, I'd go with San Diego, Canton/Columbus, Omaha and (you're going to hate this) Shreveport rather than New Orleans as Independence Stadium I feel could be a better venue where they might possibly revive the old CFL Shreveport Pirates identity. Of course I anticipate New Orleans and Seattle getting the nod because I see how your thinking is following what would be the most logical course for the UFL which doesn't mean it's the best idea. They need to avoid playing in NFL markets and make their brand an expansion of pro football where the NFL doesn't play and to work more with the NFL in the process.
I do agree that San Diego is a much better option than Oakland when it comes to a possible CA former NFL team city. The most important thing the league needs is fan bases that will support a team. While I agree that it is better for football fans around the country to have UFL teams be in areas that don't have an NFL team so people can go to games live and support a local team, what is most important is having a great fan base. Seattle in 2023 despite all the issues the XFL schedule makers had still had better attendance than most UFL teams this past season despite them having the Kraken, Mariners, and Seahawks. A city like New Orleans is a great example of a city that has an NFL team, but deserves a UFL team as we saw how well they did on TV despite not having a team. Aside from New Orleans and Seattle I do think the NFL cities that should get a UFL team dwindles down to just a couple of other ones due to a lot of the reasons that you made. It ultimately comes down to the argument of exceptions, Seattle and New Orleans both should get their team's back, but Pittsburgh and Philadelphia I only briefly mentioned at the end because I feel almost every non-NFL city that has an argument would be better than them (same for the Florida cities/teams, NJ, NY, Vegas). If I had to pick the 4 expansion cities for the league over 2026-27 (without my bias for wanting a team in Raleigh) I would say 2026 be New Orleans and Columbus or Canton, and 2027 be Seattle and Portland or San Diego. I would also be fine with Louisville over an Ohio team if that's what it came down to. My biggest fear with the expansion is that the league might continue completely avoiding the west and just add teams on the eastern half of the country, which is the main reason I had Denver on my list was just because it is a city that would start western expansion without going fully to the coast. I do hope we see individual owners sooner rather than later as well.
@@ZombPhoxUFL but there's also the problem I mentioned of FOX and the other ownership groups poor leadership as you've mentioned 2025 needs to be a building year and yet, they did nothing about the key issue of having local investors to support and build the teams up in local markets. They need owners in these cities like I mentioned and with only minority ownership given authority to build the teams up, it would give the UFL a chance to vet the owner/investors to make sure they are both solvent and capable of managing a team. Without this, it can only be a replay of 2024 and that cannot happen or what fans they have are going to balk. Something dramatic has to happen to build support for each team as if you examine how venture capital is being withdrawn across the country, there are strong chances that if the UFL doesn't improve this year that FOX will pull out. Remember how the AAF lost it's ownership pulling out in what amounts to an under cover of the night movement killing the league. If FOX pulls out, who sponsors the UFL especially if they decide to do it mid season. As I mentioned, a lot of these networks are cutting costs everywhere now and some are up for sale. FOX came out the winner in this election but if Trump comes off like Democrats predict he will, then FOX will experience this same decline and cut support for a lot of things that could very well cut support for the UFL. So where you are talking about the UFL's future, you really need to look at the possibility there may not be a future as they need change and not a repeat of 2024.
@@ZombPhoxUFL I don't know what happened to my last comment but it's not showing on my end lol. Basically, I brought up that they cannot have a repeat of 2024 as that would be a disaster as they need change and development. They need to get local ownership/investors like I mentioned because FOX can say all it wants that it's in for the long-haul but then the AAF did as well. Likewise, it's venture capital they're investing and we're seeing the media everywhere cutting costs and venture capital being dropped. All it takes is for Trump to become what Democrats say he will and FOX suffers a massive hit to their ratings and they'll start cutting as well and there goes the UFL. They need local owners to build up support for the teams and promote them as the current ownership structure seems to be doing almost nothing hoping just being on FOX is enough.
It showed up, but under the total amount of replies it only showed 3 even though there was 4 😂! 2025 definitely needs to show improvement in most areas, but sadly I agree that local marketing hasn't been nearly what it needs to be. Hopefully when we get closer to the season starting we see more.
1. Seattle - The Dragons
2. New Orleans - The Breakers
3. Canton/Columbus - The Vipers/Wildcats/Guardians
4. Raleigh - The Vipers/Wildcats/Guardians
5. Denver - The Gold
6. Oakland - The Invaders
6. San Deigo - The Express/Wildcats
7. Louisville - The Vipers/Wildcats/Guardians
8. OKC/Tulsa - The Outlaws
9. Portland - The Vipers/Wildcats/Guardians
10. Omaha - The Vipers/Wildcats/Guardians/Night Hawks
1:40 Shots Fired, lol 😂 AJ MACK
Memphis & AJ. Lol 😂 true though
2:32 Reason #1 SEA-Dragons name.
3:15 Amen Brutha!
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i think the west expansion should be split between 2026 and 2027, with each year getting one western team and one eastern team, so that way its spread out and not all at once.
I love your list of cities. I believe the UFL must bring back the big TV market cities. Chicago ,Philly ,NJ/NY and LA. The UFL needs the TV rating more then fans in the seats. We the TV viewers want the fans in the seats because it looks better on TV. I hope in 2026 the UFL move the Birmingham Stallions & Memphis Showboats franchise to Nashville and Louisville (only if they can play in a soccer size stadium.) Also if the Michigan Panthers can't move into a smaller stadium, move the team to Chicago. Only if the Chicago Blitz can get into a smaller stadium like they're building on the campus of Northwestern University. Just imagine by 2028 The UFL have 12 teams and 4 team divisions ::: east / CHICAGO, PHILLY, NY/NJ & DC ::: mid west / St. Louis ,Louisville ,Nashville & Columbus, Ohio .::: south / The 3 Texas teams & NEW ORLEANS BREAKERS and the ::west division / LA , VEGAS, PORTLAND & SEATTLE or LA ,VEGAS , SAN DIEGO & OAKLAND / BAY AREA or LA ,VEGAS ,SEATTLE or OAKLAND INVADERS / BAY AREA ( Don't let the Oakland Invaders breakout into Silver /Black and a new Black hole !!!!!) ,,,,,,,, 4THE LOVE OF 🏈
The only team that might move would be Memphis if their attendance continues being awful like it was last year. Chicago was one of the cities I almost had in my list as I definitely could see them being a very successful city. A big reason I hope the league expands out west is to get higher TV ratings since the league is missing out on that entire side of the country.
Move the Roughnecks & Renegades to to Nashville and Louisville
@kpower..... I 'm ok with that, but Arlington/ Dallas is the Headquarter of the league. Houston is the 4th most populated city in the United State. It's all about the TV ratings Mr. Powers. If the UFL going to make it. I believe you need a few big TV markets , Soccer size stadiums ,two strong HUB locations and rivalries. If UFL can keep the league at 2 strong hub location. Bring along big TV markets cities like Chicago , NY/NJ ,LA & Philly. Then you will have your big city rivalries playing in soccer size stadiums. Birmingham have won 3 straight championships and only average just over 8,000 fan's in a stadium that holds over 45,000 spectators. Memphis playing in the old / new Liberty bowl stadium that holds over 50,000 seats with only 8,000 fan's in the stadium. St. Louis Battle hawks plays in a 50,000 seat dome, average 32,000 fans and they have NOT WON a playoff game in their 3 season history. Yea , I would move Memphis and the CHAMPS in 2026 if they don't show better attendance at the games. If UFL place the Stallions franchise in the city of New Orleans and play the games at Yulman Stadium capacity of around 30,000 seats. I bet we won't be taking about making the New Orleans Breakers move from that city !!! It comes down to TV ratings and stadium size. If you play in a 20,000 seat stadium with 8,000 - 10,000 fan's. it looks a lot better on TV and when it looks better on TV ?? Big ratings mean Big money for UFL.
They should bring back old USFL and XFL teams first
FOX does own the rights to the old and new USFL teams. However, the UFL does not have the rights to the Original XFL 2001 teams
They should do what’s best for the league
@@colincuratolo1645 old USFL and XFL teams return that's what's best for the league
I agree, let's get the gang back together
If Red Bird Capital buys Sam Boyd Stadium in 2025, then Las Vegas Vipers should comeback in 2026.
I just saw a UFL advertisement right now from the bills and rams game it show the stallions and renegades
Game
I saw that two! There is also a Panthers/Battlehawks ad as well!
Jacksonville Bulls HUGE Legacy Team. I thinkthey had 77K for one game once
that was before the jaguars were in town.
19:27 Or rather Orlando & Jacksonville or all 3, including Tampa 2, lol 😆
Prefer the Philadelphia Stars. But I’ll take any two teams from the 80’s USFL or one of those and a Canton team, and then ship the Roughnecks back to the XFL conference where they came from.
It would be great to see the Stars return due to the importance they have in spring football history!
The Breakers and Dragons are of course the best choices for immediate success (I mean dragons fans are still pissed about them getting scuffed)
Also Dragons-Battlehawks is gonna get the views with the entire 2023 Situation.
100%! The Battlehawks v Dragons and Stallions v Breakers rivalries returning would be awesome!
I agree
@@Nope-gk3yr I prefer Sea Dragons over Dragons
I'll stick with my predictions:
Canton and New Orleans in '26.
Orlando and Philly in '27.
Seattle only if the league does away with the training hub.
My 10 cities and teams
Pittsburgh Maulers
Philadelphia Stars
Harrison, New Jersey Generals (Red Bull Arena)
New Orleans Breakers
Austin Gamblers
Seattle Dragons
Portland Vipers
Canton Guardians (No rule saying you can't have another team named Guardians in Ohio)
San Diego Wildcats
Oklahoma (OKC or Tulsa) Outlaws
@@kpowers Nah I'd rather have the Guardians in Orlando and I'd rather have the Vipers in Vegas and I'd rather have the Breakers in Portland and I'd rather have the Wildcats in Albuquerque and I'd rather have Sea Dragons instead of just Dragons
@jaycethefordguy Nah to the Guardians in Orlando and Vipers in Vegas. Both teams did horribly in those markets. Breakers will be in New Orleans
@@kpowers Portland Breakers
New York Guardians
Tampa Bay Vipers
Seattle Sea Dragons
Pittsburgh Maulers
Philadelphia Stars
New Jersey Generals
El Paso Gamblers
Albuquerque Wildcats
OKC Outlaws
@jaycethefordguy Does Albuquerque have a dome stadium? An open stadium may be too hot during the summer
@jaycethefordguy Fans of Spring football and people in Tampa want the Bandits back over the Vipers. Makes more sense to move the Vipers to Portland and make a rivalry with the Seattle Dragons. Guardians at Metlife Stadium? Way too big. If you put the Guardians on the East Coast Hartford Connecticut makes more sense. Wildcats in San Diego makes more sense and might bring back LA fans who supported the LA Wildcats. Albuquerque may be too hot to play in the summertime. Austin seems like a better market for the Gamblers. Could play at Q2 stadium
If the UFL brings back the New Jersey Generals a rivalry with the DC Defenders could start plus have a team in Canton or Columbus Ohio
That would be a great rivalry to see 👀!
@@ZombPhoxUFL is the Chicago Blitz or Enforcers come back it could have a rivalry with the St Louis BattleHawks
@jaycethefordguySacramento California would be a great place for a UFL team
@Julian-yc4hn I'd prefer they rely on old USFL and XFL teams first
Thoughts on moving the Houston Roughnecks to the XFL Conference and adding two new USFL Conference teams?
XFL:
Battlehawks
Renegades
Defenders
Brahmas
Roughnecks
USFL:
Stallions
Showboats
Panthers
Folded Team
Folded Team
This way the USFL Conference can being back two of its folded teams they could do it with an 8 team conference in mind as well as a North and South Division.
Add to North teams like the Generals, Maulers and Stars
Or two South teams like the Breakers, Bandits and Gamblers (maybe relocate Gamblers to a market outside of Texas)
I would be behind that 100%! I always hated how they changed the Gamblers brand to the Roughnecks instead of just keeping the actual Roughnecks or keeping the Gamblers, so moving them back and bringing back two other USFL teams is something I would like.
Only markets I disagree with are the California cities. San Diego has too many technical issues and Oakland is not ideal. Both cities are also just as far out west as Portland and Seattle, the only problem is running teams in California is expensive and the entire state as a whole is way more saturated than the pacific northwest.
That's why I would prefer Portland and Seattle, but I felt I had to talk about them since so many people want a team in one of those cities. I hope the league doesn't just add teams in the eastern half of the country 🙏!
Oklahoma City will have a 12.3K seat stadium in downtown OKC open by March 2027
Does not matter if they have nfl, go with supportive fan base
I 100% agree, Seattle is a great example of an NFL city that loved their spring team, just a shame the schedule was so bad in 2023.
There's really a lot of options. If it were up to me, i'd take a look at the team rights i already have, and bring back the ones that are profitable. Then i'd most likely look at cities that don't have football or a lot of pro sports at all. Places like San Diego, Nebraska, Oregon, Oklahoma, Iowa, maybe even Kentucky or Virginia
Virginia was a state where I was really debating on adding a city from there to my list. Not having a pro team could be a huge benefit for the UFL if they brought a team there.
@ZombPhoxUFL Yeah it could. I don't know why Virginia doesn't seem to care about pro sports but somethings gotta change
Orlando!
You want the Guardians to return
New Orleans and OKC/Tulsa in ‘26
Orlando and Seattle in ‘27
Oakland and San Diego in ‘28
Louisville and Columbus in ‘29
Portland and Omaha in ‘30
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The league feels like it is just a South and Midwest League. Not that exciting. I know cost is an issue, but I would get into the big markets sooner rather than later if you want to grow this thing. Seems like there is no plan for NY, NJ, PA Chicago and CA. Hard to get big tv money without these Areas.
At the very least the league needs to just expand their footprint across the country as having 0 teams west of Texas is not great for gaining fans across the country.
Raleigh, Atlanta, Augusta, Charlotte
I really hope we get a team in Raleigh 🙏!
top teams in the east. south, midwest..{Orlando,louisville,raleigh, {Norfolk.virginia beach,hampton roads} Charleston/ myrtle beach}, mobile, savannah, canton/columbus, shreveport, Brooklyn, Milwaukee,syracuse}. {west,, Oklahoma City, Omaha, the big sky area{Dakotas,idaho,montana, Wyoming}. Portland, Oakland Sacramento or San Jose, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque, Austin, Tucson, Colorado Springs}
I really hope that at some point we see a team in the true NC (not Charlotte) or VA area! It feels like in 2026 we will either get a team in Columbus or Canton which I'm all in favor of. If the league does eventually go to Omaha I would love to see them revive the Nighthawks trademark for it!
Bring back the shelved teams first before thinking about expansion.
I just hope that they at least do 1-and-1 with shelved teams and new teams.
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I didn't even know the UFL still existed.
Portland is too soccer saturated imo
The issue I have with UFL teams playing in NFL cities is that professional football as a whole is underrepresented because the NFL hasn't expanded to meet the demand. And while they might "expand" the fan base by giving fans pro football for most of the year, it can also have the opposite effect where a team like the Breakers could cut into the Saints fanbase especially if the Breakers become successful and the Saints start becoming losers again. It gives fans an out basically where they can say why should I support the Saints when the Breakers are the ones winning games. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia don't need UFL teams but then many of the things you would use to say they don't can just as easily be applied to Seattle, Denver and other NFL cities you mentioned that the UFL could expand to.
If the UFL wants a winning strategy, they need to focus first on cities where they are likely to succeed but that aren't NFL markets. San Diego is one but Oakland wouldn't be because of the 49ers nearby. People will argue but even though they lost their team, city leadership in Oakland is some of the worst in the nation and this is hurting their fanbase for sports. The Raiders and A's brought billions of dollars to that city but when they asked for a new stadium, city leaders basically said ehhh... who needs them? I use Oakland as an example about businesses and why they left black communities due to Socialist Democrats and their anti wealth stance always attacking corporations and the wealthy and refusing to produce the incentives needed to keep employers in these communities. Most businesses are transient meaning they have the ability to pick up and move to other cities willing to provide the incentives they're looking for... ala Las Vegas luring both the Raiders and now the A's away from Oakland. The environment in Oakland is not conductive to any pro teams now or in the near future really.
San Diego is a much better environment for the UFL because even if their leadership is poor, they don't have NFL competition and there's a rabid fanbase there that can be exploited if they reimagined the San Diego Fleet of the AAF giving them the second UFL's Destroyers name. I also disagree about Seattle because while I know you like the idea, moving that team to Portland as the Portland Dragons or resurrecting the name Portland Thunder would likely pay higher dividends if they can tie into the Seattle fanbase/market.
But before we get ahead of ourselves, we have to discuss if there will even be a league as venture capital is dying off everywhere and FOX's investment here is basically venture capital. If this league doesn't get individual owners over these teams this year to start promoting each team in their markets, we're going to see empty stadiums again and cities/states not even knowing they have teams because, as we have discussed many times, FOX and the other ownership group are basically doing nothing at all to promote these teams to their markets. Where you might continue to support that expansion be put off a while longer like the league seems to be doing, the reality is they should have moved forward with individual ownership for each team in this off season and didn't. At least some form of 60/40 deal for prospective owners to have the minority part where they take over the promotion of the team in local markets and prepare for buying majority ownership when they are settled in a bit better and prove themselves to FOX that they are legit and not a bunch of criminals and bozo's like the ones in past leagues. Invite individual owners for a year or two monitoring and vetting them to make sure there's a firm financial foundation behind each team.
I am dead serious, this is an enormous mistake not bringing in team owners over the off season where the league maintains majority control over each team until the owners prove themselves. Without someone in charge with resources to promote each team in their markets, this leagues in serious trouble and talking future expansion may be spitting into the wind.
While I think it unlikely that a team like the Breakers would cut into the Saints fanbase like I mentioned, it might be enough to make the Saints consider relocation if this happens and make the NFL see the UFL as a legit threat they'll use their wealth and influence with FOX to kill the UFL. The UFL should be more complimentary as Jacksonville keeps giving ramblings they may be relocating so a UFL team moving in to help that along would be complimentary and the UFL team could keep the Jaguars name. A deal like how the Browns left Cleveland with the name and legacy to basically become a new expansion team in Baltimore... leave the fans in the original cities with the name and if the NFL ever decides to move back, they have rights to reclaim the name if they wish.
This is another element missing as the UFL needs to focus on complimenting and working with the NFL to expand into new markets where the NFL currently has no teams. Take Birmingham again as I've mentioned before how due to the Titans, Falcons, Buccaneers and Saints, Alabama has been carved up into existing team markets where the NFL is not going to let another NFL team play in Birmingham even if all the right conditions are met. Yet, none of those four NFL teams really tries to win over the Alabama fanbase and the same is true in other cases. The UFL needs to focus on where they could become an asset to the NFL and rather than proposing just where you'd like to see the first two expansion teams go, you gave us 13 lol.
If I had to pin you down for what two cities you'd support, you'd obviously go with New Orleans and Seattle... you've made this abundantly clear. But, for me it would be San Diego and possibly Canton/Columbus reviving the Bulldogs identity. Louisville might be another good idea but I'm just not feeling that yet. Omaha is another one I'd support but I think the UFL has to think IMPACT and San Diego and Canton/Colombus might provide the biggest impact. If they went with four expansion teams in 2026 instead of two, I'd go with San Diego, Canton/Columbus, Omaha and (you're going to hate this) Shreveport rather than New Orleans as Independence Stadium I feel could be a better venue where they might possibly revive the old CFL Shreveport Pirates identity. Of course I anticipate New Orleans and Seattle getting the nod because I see how your thinking is following what would be the most logical course for the UFL which doesn't mean it's the best idea. They need to avoid playing in NFL markets and make their brand an expansion of pro football where the NFL doesn't play and to work more with the NFL in the process.
I do agree that San Diego is a much better option than Oakland when it comes to a possible CA former NFL team city. The most important thing the league needs is fan bases that will support a team. While I agree that it is better for football fans around the country to have UFL teams be in areas that don't have an NFL team so people can go to games live and support a local team, what is most important is having a great fan base. Seattle in 2023 despite all the issues the XFL schedule makers had still had better attendance than most UFL teams this past season despite them having the Kraken, Mariners, and Seahawks. A city like New Orleans is a great example of a city that has an NFL team, but deserves a UFL team as we saw how well they did on TV despite not having a team. Aside from New Orleans and Seattle I do think the NFL cities that should get a UFL team dwindles down to just a couple of other ones due to a lot of the reasons that you made. It ultimately comes down to the argument of exceptions, Seattle and New Orleans both should get their team's back, but Pittsburgh and Philadelphia I only briefly mentioned at the end because I feel almost every non-NFL city that has an argument would be better than them (same for the Florida cities/teams, NJ, NY, Vegas). If I had to pick the 4 expansion cities for the league over 2026-27 (without my bias for wanting a team in Raleigh) I would say 2026 be New Orleans and Columbus or Canton, and 2027 be Seattle and Portland or San Diego. I would also be fine with Louisville over an Ohio team if that's what it came down to. My biggest fear with the expansion is that the league might continue completely avoiding the west and just add teams on the eastern half of the country, which is the main reason I had Denver on my list was just because it is a city that would start western expansion without going fully to the coast. I do hope we see individual owners sooner rather than later as well.
@@ZombPhoxUFL but there's also the problem I mentioned of FOX and the other ownership groups poor leadership as you've mentioned 2025 needs to be a building year and yet, they did nothing about the key issue of having local investors to support and build the teams up in local markets. They need owners in these cities like I mentioned and with only minority ownership given authority to build the teams up, it would give the UFL a chance to vet the owner/investors to make sure they are both solvent and capable of managing a team. Without this, it can only be a replay of 2024 and that cannot happen or what fans they have are going to balk. Something dramatic has to happen to build support for each team as if you examine how venture capital is being withdrawn across the country, there are strong chances that if the UFL doesn't improve this year that FOX will pull out. Remember how the AAF lost it's ownership pulling out in what amounts to an under cover of the night movement killing the league. If FOX pulls out, who sponsors the UFL especially if they decide to do it mid season. As I mentioned, a lot of these networks are cutting costs everywhere now and some are up for sale. FOX came out the winner in this election but if Trump comes off like Democrats predict he will, then FOX will experience this same decline and cut support for a lot of things that could very well cut support for the UFL.
So where you are talking about the UFL's future, you really need to look at the possibility there may not be a future as they need change and not a repeat of 2024.
@@ZombPhoxUFL I don't know what happened to my last comment but it's not showing on my end lol. Basically, I brought up that they cannot have a repeat of 2024 as that would be a disaster as they need change and development. They need to get local ownership/investors like I mentioned because FOX can say all it wants that it's in for the long-haul but then the AAF did as well. Likewise, it's venture capital they're investing and we're seeing the media everywhere cutting costs and venture capital being dropped. All it takes is for Trump to become what Democrats say he will and FOX suffers a massive hit to their ratings and they'll start cutting as well and there goes the UFL. They need local owners to build up support for the teams and promote them as the current ownership structure seems to be doing almost nothing hoping just being on FOX is enough.
It showed up, but under the total amount of replies it only showed 3 even though there was 4 😂! 2025 definitely needs to show improvement in most areas, but sadly I agree that local marketing hasn't been nearly what it needs to be. Hopefully when we get closer to the season starting we see more.
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