Michigan Panthers wide receiver Joe Walker (8) receives a punt during the second half of a USFL football game against the Houston Gamblers Sunday, April 17, 2022, in Birmingham, Ala. A revived United States Football League — borrowing the moniker and team nicknames from a league that went out of business 36 years ago — launched last month with all regular-season games being played in Birmingham, Alabama. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, File)
Pro football in the springtime.
An idea that once had so much promise.
Now, no matter how many of these leagues keep popping up, there's little chance of carving out even a tiny niche on the American sports scene.
Give it up, USFL.
Ditto for you, XFL.
This isn't the 1980s anymore.
