UFL Assistant Coach Robert Griffith at UFL Workout

United Football League Assistant Coach Robert Griffith analyizes and evaluates talent at the UFL workout if Las Vegas. From: theUFL Views: 1140

The UFL is making there presence felt as it now seems that former Denver Broncos and Houston Texans fullback, Cecil Sapp will be the next player to leave the NFL for the United Football League.

This announcement comes from his agent, David Canter's, twitter account.

A 6 year NFL veteran, the 30 year old Sapp will be utilized in both the running back and fullback positions for the New York franchise.

The Bleacher Report put out a great post that I found very interesting; I really like the part about fan involvement, heck that's how it's grown this far.

As football fans out there know, there is an upstart football league about to begin its inaugural season this fall. The UFL will play their games on Friday nights, broadcast them on Versus, and provide no real competition to the NFL in any way, which is most definitely a good thing.

So digging through the Michael Vick article over at SI.com I came across an intersting point that hasn't been given much attention. According to comments the UFL commisioner made there are currently 6 cities for the new league; Huyghue is quoted saying there will be "six teams: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Orlando, New York and Hartford." I have to admit that as a Texas guy that's not fun to hear, but as a football guy it's nice to see that they're moving forward.

I was thinking today about the business aspect of a new football league, and I couldn't help but wonder what I'd do.

First, think about it from the business perspective, if you've been at one company for 2 or 3 years and haven't really gotten a promotion or raise outside of the minimum, wouldn't the idea of a raise sound pretty inviting? I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure that I'd at least think long and hard about making the move.

So I noticed a huge spike in traffic today from the standard 50-60 visitors to about 400; curious I did a little searching and found that the second UFL website now has a newsletter signup. I went ahead and signed up for the newsletter thinking right away I'd get some great news or updates, but no. I did get an auto responder that I've quoted below.

So with 2008 clearly not an option, I think it's apparent that the need for a few more investors is needed. Rumors still circle around soccer team owners looking to expand their assets, but until we've got a full 8 owners with realistically about 100 million to burn I don't think we'll see draft day anytime soon.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The United Football League (UFL), a new professional outdoor fall football league scheduled to debut in August 2008, is inviting fans to help determine which markets will host teams for the league’s inaugural season through an innovative program with TicketRESERVE.