OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — With the NFL working to end its lockout and save preseason, the struggling United Football League announced Tuesday it would push back the start of its games from August to September.
The schedule switch is another blow — at a critical time — to the second-tier pro league that has lost more than $100 million in its two years of existence.
The UFL had hoped to gain exposure in the vacuum left by a locked-out NFL. It scheduled several early-season games on Sundays and aimed to fill television time slots normally reserved for NFL exhibition games. But Commissioner Michael Huyghue told reporters he was resigned to losing a "windfall" from the NFL.
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