Admit it - When you heard about the UFL your first thought was D-league. As in disaster, or doomed, or delusional. Your second through fifth thoughts? Probably the dearly departed XFL, USLF, WFL and Arena Football League. Who could blame you? Only one rival to the NFL has endured, and your grandfather's AFL made it by merging with the mother ship, which is like surviving the Borg by volunteering to be assimilated.

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