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A New Football League. And it has a Buffalo Connection… kinda
A message to all those forlorn USFL fans who still can’t get behind that dinosaur that is the National Football League. There is a new game in town… maybe, and it has a Buffalo Bills connection… kinda.
Marvin Tomlin is the brain trust behind the new United National Football League (UNFL), which is scheduled to play its first game in January of 2009. Unlike other leagues, this one is going to be designed as a feeder league to the NFL. Offering “a second chance to college players who showed promise, but were not selected by a team in the NFL or Canadian Football League. The league will be top notch”. Nothing says top-notch football like “Lets go see that flashy running back that barely missed last cuts at Saskatchewan Rough Riders training camp”. And get this, who is the new leagues commissioner you ask? None other that former Bills running back, and all around jerk Joe Cribbs. Yea, I said JOE CRIBBS. Bills fans, you may remember Joe as that 1980 rookie sensation whom, after one good season, demanded a raise every year, and held out twice. He then bolted for the USFLs’ Birmingham Stallions, played with himself over there for a little while, and when it folded in 1985, had to shuffle back to Buffalo with his tail between his legs. When he returned, the Bills quickly traded him away to San Francisco. This man will be the face of this new league.
Honestly, why Joe Cribbs? Was Brian Bosworth not available? Joe was the first of the NFL’s “ME ME ME” athletes. He’s not the man that you want as the face of a new league. Especially a league that promotes a “we play for the love of the game” type attitude. He’s not even a well-known athlete outside of western New York (and I’m sure there are several Bills fans reading this right now thinking “Who the hell is Joe Cribbs?”). Mr. Tomlin, I leave you with this advice. I think you’re idea is great. I love the fact that you want to give a bunch of kids second chances. I can respect the entrepreneur in you. But your commissioner is an ass.
I hear Willis McGahee is also interested. Should he call you?
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