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MarkNelson wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:07 am The UFL trying to play up a rivalry between these two players who met in the XFL championship. Good job on that. I wonder why they held off signing until the last days before training camp?

slammer66 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:01 am I think the flurry of  QB signings lately may have been due to some UFL concessions.  The contracts for the XFL were better than the UFL and I'm betting they sweetened the pot a bit to get the upper crust QB's to sign on.   Good thing is that with 8 teams every team should have a shot now.  I'd say last season the bottom third of both leagues were dead on arrival due to lack of good QB.

mnrlgrey wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 9:58 pm

slammer66 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:01 am I think the flurry of  QB signings lately may have been due to some UFL concessions.  The contracts for the XFL were better than the UFL and I'm betting they sweetened the pot a bit to get the upper crust QB's to sign on.   Good thing is that with 8 teams every team should have a shot now.  I'd say last season the bottom third of both leagues were dead on arrival due to lack of good QB.

I think that McCarron interview he did about QB pay may have shifted the needle a bit in the league office.

slammer66 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:01 am I think the flurry of  QB signings lately may have been due to some UFL concessions.  The contracts for the XFL were better than the UFL and I'm betting they sweetened the pot a bit to get the upper crust QB's to sign on.   Good thing is that with 8 teams every team should have a shot now.  I'd say last season the bottom third of both leagues were dead on arrival due to lack of good QB.

 

Some spring leagues have paid quarterbacks above-scale salaries to attract bigger names, but as of last month, Johnston said the UFL had opted against that approach.UFL players receive $5,500 per game week in accordance with their partnership with the United Football Players Association, a union the UFL has recognized and negotiated with."Our quarterbacks are paid the same as everybody else," Johnston said. "The approach is to be fiscally responsible there. We've gotten some pushback from some of them, which is understandable, because they can say everybody knows how valuable this position is and how it should command a higher salary."We're a start-up league trying to get our feet underneath us to be successful here and for a number of years moving forward. There's a good argument for both sides. How do we manage this situation in a way that is positive and good for both sides of the equation? ... It's hard to thread that needle."