The Spring Football League (SFL) was a professional American football league that existed for only part of one mini-season in 2000. Additionally the SFL will establish solid, profitable franchises across the United States that will become very valuable in the future with a national TV contract.
Each of the four teams played two games.The league held its second Summer Showcase on July 30, 2019 in For 2020, TSL announced a showcase game against the For a similar but unrelated undertaking in Spring 2000, see
The Spring Football League is a virtual football league consisting of a real commissioner and owners who compete with another throughout the year. The Spring League was the second football property to be established by Brian Woods, following the Like the FXFL, The Spring League is built upon the concept of serving as a second opportunity to allow players to advance to more established professional leagues,CEO Brian Woods founded The Spring League in early 2016.Coaches with long NFL experience included quarterback coach After the first season, NFL scouts seemed to like the league structure but otherwise gave mixed responses.
Some scouts expected younger players that had been to a couple NFL training camp but in the wrong system. The League's unique format affords scouts and front office personnel with an opportunity to evaluate players in a "real" football context. One rule change, originally proposed by The Spring League is an elite development league & scouting event for professional football talent. The Spring League is an American football league and scouting event that began play in 2017 and founded by Brian Woods. The SFL will develop it's own unique football stars that you may not be The league had try-outs in various cities in October and November 2017 and February 2018.For the 2019 season, The Spring League partnered with the XFL to test rule changes the new league hoped to implement for its own 2020 season. Value was perceived by scouts as they got updated information on forgotten players or saw a player with a conditioned arm, but otherwise the talent level was below what NFL teams expected for an established developmental league. Founded by several ex-NFL players such as Eric Dickerson, Drew Pearson, Bo Jackson, and Tony Dorsett, the SFL planned to use the four-game mini-season (dubbed "Festival 2000") to test cities, fans, stadiums, the media, entertainment, and springtime American football as a product.
Attendance was disastrously low, despite very competitive contests; only 1,100 people showed up at the one game played at cavernous With funding for the league having been provided by tech-stock entrepreneurs, any chance that the SFL would return was scotched by the tech-market crash of 2000 and the subsequent announcement of the For the 2017–2018 showcase and exhibition American football league, see “At a time when the NFL has no developmental league, The Spring League is the closest thing to an apples-to-apples opportunity for players to get games reps. It’s starting small, but that could be the smartest way to go.”
The SFL works as a minor-league spring rival to the NFL in real time.
Woods indicated that the older and big names brought attention to the league, which has a secondary purpose of providing a veteran annual showcase.On July 15, 2017, the Spring League Showcase was held at Napa Memorial Stadium in California between Spring League California, coached by Terry Shea and Spring League East, coached by Donnie Henderson.The following players signed with NFL or CFL teams following their involvement with The Spring League in 2017: The year before, the Regio… Aimed at professional athletes but not paying a salary or expenses, the league's goal is to "serve as an instructional league and showcase for professional football talent." Mark Rice, chairman of the SFL board of governors, placed eight of the franchises in The league's games included pre-game and half-time shows featuring national musical acts (such as Due to a lack of media coverage—the SFL had no TV or radio contracts, and newspaper coverage was spotty at best—it quickly became obvious that the league was a sinking ship. Founded on a USFL fan forum in 1999, the league’s owners sign, draft and trade players while working underneath a salary cap. In late 1999, the SFL announced an inaugural season of 2000, with ten individually-owned teams playing a 12-week schedule, followed by a championship game during Memorial Day weekend. 2019 season practice began March 31, 2019 with double headers on April 6 and 11, 2019. All teams in The Spring League utilize one central location, for both practices and games. The XFL was originally launched by WWE CEO Vince McMahon and NBC in 2001, but folded after one season of spring football.