In this video I will give my thoughts on what 5 things the UFL needs to do to improve attendance in 2025. Link to become a channel member - / @zombphoxufl
I totally agree with your points, especially pushing tickets out early. It's ridiculous that they wait to the last minute to get tickets out from the beginning of the season, then the championship game. I want all the teams to practice in their local areas instead of Arlington. Would it kill them to have more local marketing? It's not rocket science to put up the team schedule on a gas station or even a local restaurant. The thing that really bugs me as a mascot fanatic is that the USFL teams had mascots, but the XFL teams doesn't. I love for the XFL have mascots to engage with the fans.
I would also love to see the XFL teams get mascots! I have been seeing announcements about season ticket deposits starting which is good, but we definitely need to see single game tickets be available no later than November IMO.
Variety of merch equally inexpensive gifted or credit at the UFL shop plus having all sizes at merch store at stadium, cuts out back order/shipping/handling…
Number 4 ideal should include 50% off to students, facility and staff of stadiums that's held in college stadiums like Birmingham, Houston, Memphis, and San Antonio. I also on #2 to sell tickets sooner the better.
i think they should continue with the hub facility,as an off season training site only,as a cost cutting method, but allow teams to have game week ractices,in their home cities,and let them be oen for fans, or have a fan day, so fans can meet and know the teams that reresent their cities.before the season starts,or before each teams first home game.{sorry folks a letter on my keyad is stuck}
I definitely think Michigan was one of the best markets this past season considering that their attendance actually went up despite tickets coming on sale insanely late for them.
Basically: - Lose the Arlington training hub and train in their home cities (please, for the love of God, stop using the M word - this goes for everyone who comments on professional sports) - Special offers and season ticket benefits are great ideas - YES! Sell those tickets ASAP! - Do a better job marketing the teams in their home cities is a must! From what I've heard, only the BattleHawks really do this.
If I understand it right, local TV actually has a 30-minute pregame for Battlehawks games which is awesome, but you would love to see all the other teams gave that as well. I really hope the training hub goes away sooner rather than later 🙏!
@@ZombPhoxUFLI think I heard there ditching the Hub in Arlington. The Battlehawks did get a 30 Minute pre game show. The Tickets I’ve seen season tickets going out already.
A copy of questions or ideas to ponder. There is a UFL draft tomorrow. Why isn't ESPN or Fox sports, both sports networks advertising and covering the draft complete with analysis of the players. After all, they are owners of the league. Territorial draft. Most people don't know who the players are that are drafted. However if there was a small group of players from each team are that are put into a territorial draft pool, it might peek interest in people of that are. These potential players would either be know high school recruits from the area that went to college elsewhere or players that played at colleges where the UFL teams are located. People like to follow the local football team players. Create interest in the community where the UFL teams are. Also the possible drawing into the stands the family and friends of a locally connected player.
The UFL is simply dropping the ball with how they're handling the draft again. I understand the argument that it isn't a big enough event to be in a major network, but you could easily stream it on the UFL TH-cam channel or have it be on a lower end channel like ESPN2, ESPN3, FS1, or FS2. I do think the league needs to add regional/territorial drats and be like the original USFL which had both a regular college draft and a territorial draft so that way you can have a draft where you add the best talent you can and a draft where you add local players that fans will already know of.
@@ZombPhoxUFLI think they would stream if they were in a solid financial situation. It takes Money to get that streaming. I think they would do it next season.
Stream the UFL Draft on TH-cam, TH-camTV, Fakebook, Twitter/X & No Broadcast, but Streaming on FOX 🦊/ Disney. Promote Big event “80 players over X amount of hours” 3 or 4 hours, first 3️⃣ Rounds Regional Drafts only, 3 mins each…then next 2️⃣ Territorial Drafts only, 4 mins each, then the next 5 free 🆓 from all territories/ 2 mins each. Rapid Fire Finish! Or be dull and have it 4 mins for each draft selection over 320 minutes…hope they get it right next year, this was an easily streamed draft event to “SHOWCASE” all the hard work of the “SHOWCASES” but you’d have to pay 2 announcers, 2 analysts, & 8 coaches a whole another month of $alary. This draft is part of the hype, ultimately it pays itself! Ugh, but u could get some crappy analysis from the ESPN side. Only let them do it, if they do it, for free 🆓 baby.
I think we will see some teams draft multiple players of the same position (most likely OL) like we saw in the 2023 USFL college draft. I also would expect to see at least 5 QBs selected across the draft as well. Considering who is available to be selected I would imagine we see more of these players playing in the UFL in 2024 than we saw players play in the USFL in 2023 who were picked in the 2023 USFL College Draft as well.
The differences between the 2or 3 good teams vs the rest being non competitive as far as Playoffs, made the last 3 weeks, a waiting game just to get through them. Maybe lower their merch prices to something more doable, Im not spending over $50 for a UFL T shirt.
entertainment before game and at halftime, why not invite local highschool bands for halftime,or area college bands, in birmingham it is uabs home field, why not invite the blazer band to entertain..or they could look at what the nba, or mlb and minor league baseball does during halftime or mid inning breaks,, with a wide variety of of local entertainers.
Hopefully the UFL starts doing some entertainment stuff at least for halftime this upcoming season 🙏! I think local highschool or college marching bands are honestly a really solid idea.
They should definitely have regional drafts. They could easily do it like the original USFL where you have both a regular college draft and also have a regional draft.
I totally agree with your points, especially pushing tickets out early. It's ridiculous that they wait to the last minute to get tickets out from the beginning of the season, then the championship game. I want all the teams to practice in their local areas instead of Arlington. Would it kill them to have more local marketing? It's not rocket science to put up the team schedule on a gas station or even a local restaurant. The thing that really bugs me as a mascot fanatic is that the USFL teams had mascots, but the XFL teams doesn't. I love for the XFL have mascots to engage with the fans.
I would also love to see the XFL teams get mascots! I have been seeing announcements about season ticket deposits starting which is good, but we definitely need to see single game tickets be available no later than November IMO.
Variety of merch equally inexpensive gifted or credit at the UFL shop plus having all sizes at merch store at stadium, cuts out back order/shipping/handling…
Number 4 ideal should include 50% off to students, facility and staff of stadiums that's held in college stadiums like Birmingham, Houston, Memphis, and San Antonio. I also on #2 to sell tickets sooner the better.
IMO single game tickets need to be available no later than November.
i think they should continue with the hub facility,as an off season training site only,as a cost cutting method, but allow teams to have game week ractices,in their home cities,and let them be oen for fans, or have a fan day, so fans can meet and know the teams that reresent their cities.before the season starts,or before each teams first home game.{sorry folks a letter on my keyad is stuck}
I think that would be a solid compromise.
Panthers avg. ⬆️ from 5 to 8K, was great in my book, considering tix only went on sale just a few weeks before opening season kickoff…
I definitely think Michigan was one of the best markets this past season considering that their attendance actually went up despite tickets coming on sale insanely late for them.
Regional Drafts
Basically:
- Lose the Arlington training hub and train in their home cities (please, for the love of God, stop using the M word - this goes for everyone who comments on professional sports)
- Special offers and season ticket benefits are great ideas
- YES! Sell those tickets ASAP!
- Do a better job marketing the teams in their home cities is a must! From what I've heard, only the BattleHawks really do this.
If I understand it right, local TV actually has a 30-minute pregame for Battlehawks games which is awesome, but you would love to see all the other teams gave that as well. I really hope the training hub goes away sooner rather than later 🙏!
@@ZombPhoxUFLI think I heard there ditching the Hub in Arlington. The Battlehawks did get a 30 Minute pre game show. The Tickets I’ve seen season tickets going out already.
A copy of questions or ideas to ponder. There is a UFL draft tomorrow. Why isn't ESPN or Fox sports, both sports networks advertising and covering the draft complete with analysis of the players. After all, they are owners of the league. Territorial draft. Most people don't know who the players are that are drafted. However if there was a small group of players from each team are that are put into a territorial draft pool, it might peek interest in people of that are. These potential players would either be know high school recruits from the area that went to college elsewhere or players that played at colleges where the UFL teams are located. People like to follow the local football team players. Create interest in the community where the UFL teams are. Also the possible drawing into the stands the family and friends of a locally connected player.
The UFL is simply dropping the ball with how they're handling the draft again. I understand the argument that it isn't a big enough event to be in a major network, but you could easily stream it on the UFL TH-cam channel or have it be on a lower end channel like ESPN2, ESPN3, FS1, or FS2. I do think the league needs to add regional/territorial drats and be like the original USFL which had both a regular college draft and a territorial draft so that way you can have a draft where you add the best talent you can and a draft where you add local players that fans will already know of.
@@ZombPhoxUFL Agreed.
@@ZombPhoxUFLI think they would stream if they were in a solid financial situation. It takes Money to get that streaming. I think they would do it next season.
Stream the UFL Draft on TH-cam, TH-camTV, Fakebook, Twitter/X & No Broadcast, but Streaming on FOX 🦊/ Disney. Promote Big event “80 players over X amount of hours” 3 or 4 hours, first 3️⃣ Rounds Regional Drafts only, 3 mins each…then next 2️⃣ Territorial Drafts only, 4 mins each, then the next 5 free 🆓 from all territories/ 2 mins each. Rapid Fire Finish! Or be dull and have it 4 mins for each draft selection over 320 minutes…hope they get it right next year, this was an easily streamed draft event to “SHOWCASE” all the hard work of the “SHOWCASES” but you’d have to pay 2 announcers, 2 analysts, & 8 coaches a whole another month of $alary. This draft is part of the hype, ultimately it pays itself! Ugh, but u could get some crappy analysis from the ESPN side. Only let them do it, if they do it, for free 🆓 baby.
Great points! What are you expecting from the draft today.
I think we will see some teams draft multiple players of the same position (most likely OL) like we saw in the 2023 USFL college draft. I also would expect to see at least 5 QBs selected across the draft as well. Considering who is available to be selected I would imagine we see more of these players playing in the UFL in 2024 than we saw players play in the USFL in 2023 who were picked in the 2023 USFL College Draft as well.
The differences between the 2or 3 good teams vs the rest being non competitive as far as Playoffs, made the last 3 weeks, a waiting game just to get through them. Maybe lower their merch prices to something more doable, Im not spending over $50 for a UFL T shirt.
The UFL shop has a huge sale going on right now, and even at reduced prices a decent amount of the merch still feels overpriced.
All the Deposits are out already. The Season ended a Month ago and tickets are starting the ROLL OUT
Hopefully we get single game tickets to be available by November 🙏!
TEAM POSTERS
Even OG, Dead & Defunct League Teams or more importantly water tester posters for Expansion Teams…
entertainment before game and at halftime, why not invite local highschool bands for halftime,or area college bands, in birmingham it is uabs home field, why not invite the blazer band to entertain..or they could look at what the nba, or mlb and minor league baseball does during halftime or mid inning breaks,, with a wide variety of of local entertainers.
Hopefully the UFL starts doing some entertainment stuff at least for halftime this upcoming season 🙏! I think local highschool or college marching bands are honestly a really solid idea.
Buy 2 or 3 tix , get one free 🆓
REGIONAL DRAFT. Fans want to see the college players from their school they watched all season, not the Rival Super Star player they saw once…C’MON!
They should definitely have regional drafts. They could easily do it like the original USFL where you have both a regular college draft and also have a regional draft.
Would actually be easier on the Coach making a decision as well.