The UFL has been in the news a little bit lately. For those who are not aware, the UFL is the United Football League. It was created by William Hambrecht, a Wall Street Investor who was once a minority owner in the USFL’s Oakland Invaders football team, and Tim Armstrong, a former executive at Google who is now the Chairman and CEO of AOL.

Seeking headlines during this downtime in July before NFL training camps begin, the rumored-to-start-this-fall United Football League says it would welcome Michael Vick this season.

The UFL offers players a chance at redemption, a second shot at their dream. A player, for example, like J.P. Losman who graduated with so much promise. Enough promise that he was a first round pick and considered a franchise caliber quarterback. For him, if he signs with the league, he has a chance for a new opportunity to show that he has certain natural abilities that may have been misused by the Buffalo Bills.

Big-name coaches, small-time paychecks highlight new United Football League. Click here to read the full article from The Kansas City Star. 

Only a few months away from beginning his U.S. football league's inaugural season, the United Football League's commissioner is already talking about overseas expansion.