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USFL Drafts
The United States Football League (USFL) had several
drafts. Before each season in January, a full day of drafting was held
with two drafts taking place. The first was the Territorial Draft in which
each team was assigned a five college pool from which it could select a
predetermined number of players. After those selections were made, a
Regular Phase draft was held in much the same way NFL teams draft players
today. In order to prevent USFL teams from driving up prices on free agent
NFL players, the league had a draft to allocate their rights (in future
years, the USFL simply allocated each of their teams a certain number of
NFL teams whose free agents were theirs to sign, if they so chose). The
NFL struck back in 1984 and held a draft of
USFL players that might become available.
We have listings for many of these drafts:
1983 Territorial Draft : 1983
Regular Phase
1984 Territorial Draft : 1984 Regular Phase
1985 Territorial Draft : 1985 Regular Phase
USFL Bibliography
Books:
The
$1 League: The Rise and Fall of the USFL by Jim Byrne
The Sporting News Official USFL Guide and Register, 1984
The
Sporting News Official USFL Guide and Register, 1985
USFL Media Guides (each team published one each year)
Magazines:
Kickoff Magazine (published by league; 9 issues per year + playoffs; sold at
games)
The Sporting News (regular coverage + special "preview"
inserts)
These and many other USFL items can be found at
eBay - check our links on the far right of this page!
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Share Your Memories!
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We have a USFL Forum! Our sites have always been by you and about you. If
you check
our TV Forums or our Technology & Science forums, you'll find literally thousands of messages from fans
of 1970s TV shows, survivors of hurricanes or aircraft accidents, etc. from all over the world sharing their memories, asking
questions, making comments. Our baseball section is new, but don't let
that stop you from sharing
your memories of USFL games you saw,
now-forgotten stadiums, etc. Of course you can also ask questions, post
trivia, or just read what
others are saying.
--Patrick Mondout
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