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Fox announces USFL will return for 2023 season, may consider expansion in the future

Spring football isn't going anywhere.

The United States Football League, which concludes its inaugural season on Sunday, will return in 2023, Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks told Sports Business Journal's John Ourand. The league will also consider expansion in the future. Its 2022 regular season was played exclusively in Birmingham, Alabama, and the playoffs are being held in Canton, Ohio.

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The Philadelphia Stars and Birmingham Stallions meet for the USFL's championship game at 7:30 p.