Red Zone Play: New Year, New Leagues

While we sit here in the valley of football fandom, in those long, semi-newsless days between mini-camps and training camps where legit NFL news is sparse and more often than not the op/ed pieces take up the majority of NFL related site space, a lot of folks wish there was more football to fill the calendar.

Once again, a new entity is trying to fulfill that wish.

In 1983, the United State Football League made a small splash, with teams like the Houston Gamblers, San Antonio Gunslingers, New Jersey Generals and L.A. Bandits. Players like Jim Kelly and Herschel Walker helped executives and owners like Bill Polian and Donald Trump carve out a niche in the history of pro football before…