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Vince McMahon May Be Looking To Revive United Football League

By Erik Lambert

LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 08: WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon speaks at a news conference announcing the WWE Network at the 2014 International CES at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas on January 8, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The network will launch on February 24, 2014 as the first-ever 24/7 streaming network, offering both scheduled programs and video on demand. The USD 9.99 per month subscription will include access to all 12 live WWE pay-per-view events each year. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 3,200 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 150,000 attendees. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 08: WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon speaks at a news conference announcing the WWE Network at the 2014 International CES at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas on January 8, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The network will launch on February 24, 2014 as the first-ever 24/7 streaming network, offering both scheduled programs and video on demand. The USD 9.99 per month subscription will include access to all 12 live WWE pay-per-view events each year. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 3,200 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 150,000 attendees. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /
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Vince McMahon, the owner of World Wrestling Entertainment, the largest wrestling company on Earth may be looking to correct a past mistake.

McMahon has enjoyed many successes throughout his colorful career as a promoter. However, with success comes failure. Vincent K. has certainly had his fair share of those too. None were more colossal in scope than the XFL. Despite pouring tens of millions of dollars into the new league back in the late 1990s, it folded after just one season.

Part of why was because of poor management and also a general lack of respect. Nobody in the sports media ever took it seriously. They all felt it was a sensationalized stunt by McMahon to grab headlines. The poor management of the league logistics would seem to back that story up. Yet now the billionaire seems determined to finish what he started.

Already it’s known McMahon reacquired rights to the XFL trademark, but now it seems he’s going even further than that according to Wrestling News.

"“Earlier, we noted that WWE had filed the XFL trademarks a few months ago. There’s another bit of interesting trademark news to share. There is no question that McMahon has a football league on his mind but it might not be called the XFL.A recent trademark filing shows that McMahon’s Alpha Entertainment, LLC has trademarked “URFL” and “UrFL.” The filing was done on 9/30/17 and lines up with rumors going around about McMahon wanting to start up a football league.”"

The question remains as to why McMahon is doing this

It seems so out of left field. McMahon, while much wealthier than he was back in that era, is still struggling to run his wrestling company which has entered a somewhat down period. Why would he suddenly want to get back into the football arena? A place the NFL has ruled with an iron fist for the past five decades. Though it’s pure speculation, there is reason to think he might be getting pressed by an old colleague and friend in the form of President Donald Trump.

He and McMahon go back all the way to the 1980s when they worked together in Atlantic City running Wrestlemanias IV and V. Years later they team up again for Wrestlemania 23 in the “Battle of the Billionaires.” They are known to be friends who share much in common. It’s also well-known that Trump has waged a personal war with the NFL ever since he took office. He sparked the firestorm of anger over the national anthem protests that got the league loads of bad publicity.

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One must not forget he’s been constantly scorned by the league for not allowing him to become an owner as most recently as 2014. How easy would it be to get his old friend McMahon to start up a new league to try eating into the NFL’s profits while their public image is stained? Regardless it’s clear that McMahon has planed to take what the XFL and UFL were to a new level. Perhaps try to revive the idea the USFL had in the mid-1980s of a spring league.

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