The new league kicks off with a game Saturday night broadcast on both Fox and NBC.
There are still about five months to go until the next NFL regular season game, but professional football returns this weekend with the launch of a new league that has a familiar name to sports fans: the United States Football League --here's what to expect.Collegiate Bowl college football game against the National Team on January 29, 2022, in Pasadena, California. The 2022 USFL season kicks off Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m.
The six other teams making up the league will play games on Easter Sunday, starting with a contest between the Michigan Panthers and Houston Gamblers on NBC, followed by a game between the New Orleans Breakers and Philadelphia Stars broadcast on USA and concluding with a matchup between the Pittsburgh Maulers and Tampa Bay Bandits on Fox Sports 1.
The eight teams will play a 10-game regular season, with games evenly broadcast between Fox, NBC, USA and Fox Sports 1. All games for the 2022 regular season will be played in Birmingham, Alabama, with playoff games—consisting of two semifinal matchups in late June and a championship game on July 3—taking place in Canton, Ohio.
The league held a draft in late February, filling rosters primarily with players who were starters on their college teams but haven't managed to make it in the NFL so far, meaning most of the players likely won't be immediately recognized by casual fans.
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