CitizenTino said:A couple questions from somebody not old enough to remember the USFL:
1. If Trump was throwing money around and bringing in superstar players, why were his teams nowhere to be found in the championship game?
2. What was the deal with the Stars going from Philly to Baltimore? They were supposedly the model team for the league and they couldn't sustain themselves in a market the size of Philadelphia?
1. Because they could never beat the Stars.
2. From what I've read, the decision to move to Baltimore for their final season was entirely based upon the anticipated move from the spring to the fall in 86. Apparently they would not have been able to use Veteran's Stadium in the fall and the idea of simultaneous head to head fall competition with the Eagles a bit daunting. Meanwhile, the Colts had just left Baltimore so there was a huge new market void and empty stadium there just waiting to be filled.