Will the UFL Collapse and Fold This Offseason or Next?

[FrankTheTank]

Last week, the league said it was moving teams away from Memphis, San Antonio, and Detroit. Those three teams will now be the Orlando Storm, Louisville Kings, and Columbus Aviators, the league told Front Office Sports on Tuesday.
Additionally, the Houston Roughnecks are changing their name to the Gamblers, and the Arlington Renegades will now be known as the Dallas Renegades. The Houston Gamblers were a team in the old USFL, and Orlando is the only new city to previously have a team. The Orlando Renegades played one season in the previous iteration of the USFL in 1985.

Wow, that is a lot of moving parts. Why not merge the two leagues? XFL and UFL?

[todd-parker]

Last week, the league said it was moving teams away from Memphis, San Antonio, and Detroit. Those three teams will now be the Orlando Storm, Louisville Kings, and Columbus Aviators, the league told Front Office Sports on Tuesday.
Additionally, the Houston Roughnecks are changing their name to the Gamblers, and the Arlington Renegades will now be known as the Dallas Renegades. The Houston Gamblers were a team in the old USFL, and Orlando is the only new city to previously have a team. The Orlando Renegades played one season in the previous iteration of the USFL in 1985.

Wow, that is a lot of moving parts. Why not merge the two leagues? XFL and UFL?

The XFL and the USFL merged 2 years ago to become the UFL.

https://www.espn.com/xfl/story/_/id/392 ... all-league

https://www.theufl.com/

[acco40]

Overall television ratings and attendance went down in most markets (with the exception of the Michigan Panthers, who made substantial gains), which prompted the firings of ticket sales directors and vice presidents of business operations in Arlington, Houston and Birmingham, three of the UFL's most consistently under performing markets.

On October 3, 2025, the UFL announced that the Michigan Panthers, Memphis Showboats and San Antonio Brahmas would not return for the 2026 season.

On October 7, 2025, the UFL announced their new teams for the 2026 season; the Columbus Aviators (playing at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio), the Louisville Kings (playing at Lynn Family Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky) and the Orlando Storm (playing at Inter&Co Stadium in Orlando, Florida).

They are also going to gravitate to territorial rights for the draft (college players) - stay tuned for exactly how that would work.