03-25-2021, 03:29 PM
The AFL in the 1960's became a very good brand of Football. There were 14 NFL Teams in 1965 on CBS TV. So it stands to reason the new AFL on NBC TV grew to 10 teams including Bengals. They had teams in New York Jets, Boston Patriots, Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills, Houston Oilers, Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers, Denver Broncos, Cincinnati Bengals. NBC had great coverage and announcers such as Curt Gowdy. They came on NBC on Sundays opposite the NFL games on CBS, and had great ratings. They landed big name college players such as Joe Namath and OJ Simpson. They had owners with a lot of money. Hank Stram and Paul Brown and others were Great Coaches. In Super Bowls, the NFL won the first 2. The AFL won the last 2 of the 4 before the merger.
I have seen other Football Leagues come and go. Mostly because the NFL has 32 teams now and CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN, NFL NETWORK. In short, a Monopoly. Some tried to play in Spring or Summer, and that didn't work. In the 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, 2000's, I have seen new football leagues of such teams as Chicago Fire and Tampa Bandits come and go quickly.
Now the Canadian Football has always been there. I even watched them when they had Warren Moon before he came to NFL. Not 4 Downs, only 3 Downs. So a lot of punting on 3rd Down.
I think there are areas in USA with no NFL that could use teams. St Louis, San Diego, Oakland, San Antonio, and I think a new USA League should tap the markets the NFL has missed. I might look to Utah, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma and such find 4 more teams and start with a small 8 team League for better player Depth at the start. Getting on TV is another problem. I really think these areas want their own Sunday Fall Football teams. Stay out of New York and LA of NFL. Avoid NFL Cities and areas at the start, take the Fly Over Cities the NFL left behind.
I think The Canadian Football should do there own thing for now, because only the AFL succeeded in taking on the NFL 60 years ago.
As a Bengals Fan, I like NFL. However if Bengals ever moved from Cincinnati, I would welcome a new league of St Louis, San Diego, Oakland, San Antonio, Cincinnati and a few more cities, in The Fall on Sunday and I would stop watching NFL.
Maybe NBC or ABC would welcome Sunday coverage of more cities, more games of a new league. The new league would need a major Network as AFL had in NBC. And owners like Lemar Hunt of Chiefs of Deep Pockets of money to spend. Give the areas the NFL has left behind Fall Sunday Football on a Major Network. That is only way it would work. Do NOT put more teams in New York and LA....Hit the open man, I mean the open markets....Paul Brown hit a market of no NFL football in Cincinnati, bringing a team to south of Columbus, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia area back in 1968...A New League should HIT the markets the NFL has left behind, and make THOSE TV areas their HOME BASE to start playing on Sunday, in The Fall on NBC or ABC, BUY A NETWORK, GET A MAJOR NETWORK. Stay out of NFL cities. Go to where there is a Supply and Demand NEED......However, Brooklyn is a thought, or Bronx or Queens for a NY TV Team and Chicago might have use of a 2nd team, but for most part, HIT THE OPEN MAN. Go where The NFL fails to go. Give More America some Football.
There are good players riding the bench in NFL who just need a chance to start. At Cleveland Browns, Paul Brown told Len Dawson there was no place for him and to go find other career besides football. Len Dawson went to AFL and is in NFL Hall Of Fame. I see many players not being given a chance in NFL, who could develop and STAR in a New League. A New League would have to do as AFL, Have their own Draft, and steal college players away from NFL teams who drafted them, as with Joe Namath. Player can go to who offers the most money or whatever, the player has a choice.
I have seen other Football Leagues come and go. Mostly because the NFL has 32 teams now and CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN, NFL NETWORK. In short, a Monopoly. Some tried to play in Spring or Summer, and that didn't work. In the 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, 2000's, I have seen new football leagues of such teams as Chicago Fire and Tampa Bandits come and go quickly.
Now the Canadian Football has always been there. I even watched them when they had Warren Moon before he came to NFL. Not 4 Downs, only 3 Downs. So a lot of punting on 3rd Down.
I think there are areas in USA with no NFL that could use teams. St Louis, San Diego, Oakland, San Antonio, and I think a new USA League should tap the markets the NFL has missed. I might look to Utah, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma and such find 4 more teams and start with a small 8 team League for better player Depth at the start. Getting on TV is another problem. I really think these areas want their own Sunday Fall Football teams. Stay out of New York and LA of NFL. Avoid NFL Cities and areas at the start, take the Fly Over Cities the NFL left behind.
I think The Canadian Football should do there own thing for now, because only the AFL succeeded in taking on the NFL 60 years ago.
As a Bengals Fan, I like NFL. However if Bengals ever moved from Cincinnati, I would welcome a new league of St Louis, San Diego, Oakland, San Antonio, Cincinnati and a few more cities, in The Fall on Sunday and I would stop watching NFL.
Maybe NBC or ABC would welcome Sunday coverage of more cities, more games of a new league. The new league would need a major Network as AFL had in NBC. And owners like Lemar Hunt of Chiefs of Deep Pockets of money to spend. Give the areas the NFL has left behind Fall Sunday Football on a Major Network. That is only way it would work. Do NOT put more teams in New York and LA....Hit the open man, I mean the open markets....Paul Brown hit a market of no NFL football in Cincinnati, bringing a team to south of Columbus, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia area back in 1968...A New League should HIT the markets the NFL has left behind, and make THOSE TV areas their HOME BASE to start playing on Sunday, in The Fall on NBC or ABC, BUY A NETWORK, GET A MAJOR NETWORK. Stay out of NFL cities. Go to where there is a Supply and Demand NEED......However, Brooklyn is a thought, or Bronx or Queens for a NY TV Team and Chicago might have use of a 2nd team, but for most part, HIT THE OPEN MAN. Go where The NFL fails to go. Give More America some Football.
There are good players riding the bench in NFL who just need a chance to start. At Cleveland Browns, Paul Brown told Len Dawson there was no place for him and to go find other career besides football. Len Dawson went to AFL and is in NFL Hall Of Fame. I see many players not being given a chance in NFL, who could develop and STAR in a New League. A New League would have to do as AFL, Have their own Draft, and steal college players away from NFL teams who drafted them, as with Joe Namath. Player can go to who offers the most money or whatever, the player has a choice.
1968 Bengal Fan
