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Challenges - Intended and Unintended

The UFL is the meeting of two completely different worlds and football philosophies. Each have their own benefits and challenges.

The American Conference:
The AC is the former World Football League with a few extra newer teams added to the East Division - the "Florida Division".The WFL teams have been together for a long time. Much too long. They are a league of cohesive teams, most with a great deal of talent. Unfortunately, they have little to no fresh blood since since they began - almost frozen in time, unable to attract younger players to their ranks. They are elite, but aging fast, and the Merger is about the only thing that will be able to sustain their rosters and give them a pipeline to younger talent.

A manager of an AC team will have wealth of veteran talent that will fade away quickly, leaving room to place his or her unique mark on the team as it moves forward into the late 80's and 90's.

The National Conference:
Poorly managed, but burgeoning with young, talented players, the NC is made up of 16 teams that were all once members of the upshot USFL of 1983. While scrambling to fill their rosters, many of the general managers you will be replacing made questionable deals, and created unbalanced rosters in many cases. Big money deals often went to players that did not deserve them, and to those that did, the deals made it difficult to spend on other less media-friendly positions and spots.

A manager of an NC team will have, in most cases, the job of team building now. Many of the best players on their rosters have amazing potential, but are inexperienced and need time to develop.

The Florida Teams:
Orlando, Tampa Bay, and Jacksonville are USFL teams in the AC East with a WFL rival, Florida (located now in Miami). They have the same challenges and benefits of their counterparts in the NC, but are attempting to rise to glory within the ranks of the AC.

The Real World History:
Approximately 90% of the players on the 1985 rosters were actual players on these teams. The ratings were kept vague, both on purpose, and through virtual necessity due to the lack of concrete measurable data from those eras. All players were giving a rating of between 0 and 9, using the guidelines spelled out in the FOF Player File Generator specifications. No individual skill ratings were issued, allowing the game to create those for each player based on the overall rating or 'suggestion'. In the case of linemen and defensive players, the overall team success was used as a gauge for how to rate most of their ranks, along with known information about them when (and rarely) possible. As is the case with FOF player conversion, the game engine did scramble the ratings a bit, but overall, the star players of their time will usually be stars if not solid contributors.

The salaries are based on the player's overall rating, but randomly determined. A player with a rating of 7, 8, or 9, for example, would be paid well, but how well and for how long, was left to chance. There are many players that deserve more; many that are lucky to have what they make, let alone a spot on your roster.

Whenever possible, the real information about a player, his college, height, weight, and age, were incorporated, but for many, these were also randomly assigned. Almost all of the player hometowns are fictional.

The Future:
That's what this league is all about! What would happen if these long-forgotten footnotes of football were revived and given new life? That's up to you.

1991 Award Winners

Official Snack Food Of The Chicago Blitz And The UFL

Official Investment Firm Of The Jacksonville Bulls And The UFL

Official Tobacco Of The Tampa Bay Bandits And The UFL

Official Frozen Food Of The San Antonio Wings And The UFL

Official Candy Of The Chicago Fire And The UFL

1990 Award Winners

1989 Award Winners

1988 Award Winners

1987 Award Winners

1986 Award Winners

1985 Award Winners