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In the 1980s, the original USFL touched Chicago in a number of ways. And when Donald Trump encouraged the league to take on the NFL, it led to the USFL's demise.

The USFL is owned by Fox Sports, which launched the league in 2022 to revive the old USFL of the 1980s. The Panthers were an original USFL team from 1983-85, winning the inaugural championship in ...

The USFL in 2023 became the first pro-football spring league to make it to a second season since the old USFL in the 1980s. The latest version of the XFL launched in 2023, after two previous failures.

The USFL launched in 2022 playing all its regular-season games in the Birmingham, Ala. market to save money; then, in 2023, the USFL moved to four markets, with two teams in each, including Detroit.

The most recent iteration of the USFL began in 2022 with eight teams, based on the USFL of the 1980s. The original XFL appeared for one season in 2001, and the name returned in 2020.

The USFL launched its first season in 1983. At the time, the league was considered the strongest rival league to the NFL's dominance of American football since the old AFL.