USFL rise and fall part 1

          As the superbowl concluded, im sure it wasn't on many minds but think of this. What if the USFL was around today, could Peyton Manning and/or Drew Brees be apart of the league that once had Hall of Famers Steve Young and Jim Kelly. When you think about it, i could definately see a guy like Manning, or a Kurt Waner playing for USFL.
The Inital vision was a part of a plan to have football continue into the spring but via. a new and different football league, with their own teams, players and coaches. David Dixon has been credited with the idea and founder of the league. He studied how previous leagues like the AFL and world football league tried and failed. Initally Dixon signed up 12 cities, 9who where there already home to NFL teams meaning the other three were not. Also was a television deal with setup with ABC sports and a cable deal with then relatively new network ESPN. The deals yielded roughly $13 million in 1983 and $16 million in 1984, including $9 million per year from ABC. ABC had options for the 1985 season at $14 million and 1986 at $18 million. So not a "shabby" deal for the new league which hadn't even played a preseason game yet.
           As Play begin problems with stadiums and ownership occurs, which isn't farfetched considering it is a new league with no home fields. Once play actually started, the league experienced had same kind of franchise instability, relocation, and closure that most leagues competing with the NFL have seen. It certainly can be argued by proponents that most teams going over budget starting in the first year and having overly optimistic attendance and viewership projections accelerated franchise churn.