The XFL 3.0 debuts on Saturday afternoon, with the Vegas Vipers and Arlington Renegades kicking off the 2023 season at 3 p.m. ET on ABC. The eight-team league will stretch through the end of April with the Championship being played on May 13. The league is full of former Detroit Lions players and has a few interesting wrinkles to their rulebook.
Their season will overlap with another spring football league. The revival of the USFL is in its second season and will kick off in April and stretch through all of June. The big local appeal of the USFL is that Detroit is represented by the Michigan Panthers, who will play their home games at Ford Field for the first time this year.