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United States Football League on television

United States Football League on television poster
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United States

How it feels

This series covers the U.S. television broadcasts of the United States Football League in the 1980s. It looks at the league's games and the business deals with ABC and ESPN.

sports-focusedretrofast-pacedcompetitivenostalgicdocumentary-styleinformational

What happens

On May 24, 1982, the United States Football League (USFL) reached an agreement with ABC and ESPN on television rights. The money for inaugural 1983 season would be a total of $13 million: $9 million from ABC and $4 million from ESPN (roughly $1.1 million per team). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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