NFL Noise:

• The USFL is back, baby!

  

  • They will return to play in the spring of 2022, and are hoping to bring back some of the old franchise names in cities where they played before.
    • It will return as an eight-tm league (to start).
  • A big difference this time is that FOX is not just a broadcast partner, they’re also an owner!
    • No word on whether former franchise owners will be invited back to participate.

• Since we’re talking about other leagues – remember the Rhein Fire? 
  • I only ask because the NFL is looking into hosting a game in Germany.
    • The three likeliest sites are Allianz Arena in Munich, Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund or Olympiastadion in Berlin.
  • As a reminder, there are two scheduled games in London (Tottenham) this year – Jets-Falcons in Week 4 and Dolphins-Jaguars in Week 5.

• A good thing – the Jags are going to buy new sports uniforms for the four schools in DUVAL that changed their name from Confederate leaders to Generic Term Age-range School.
  • In a statement, they said they are doing this because they support “after-school athletics and are honored to provide new uniforms for students to wear proudly this fall and beyond.”
  • If you live there & want to know who’s a bigot, feel free to read the engaging comments at the end of this article.

• Speaking of race, the League agreed to stop using “race-norming” – which assumed Black players started out with lower cognitive function – when making an assessment of claims vis-a-vis the concussion settlement.
  • “This is classic systemic racism,” former player Ken Jenkins said. “Just because I’m Black, I wasn’t born with fewer brain cells.”
  • This means they will go back & reassess the claims made previously, and will take out the differential they used when determining financial settlements.
    • Which wasn’t a problem with the retired players’ lawyer, until a suit was brought to remove him from the case due to his perception there wasn’t any racial bias in the settlements.
      • Now he’s discovered it was a bigger problem than he realized.

Finally, I’m just going to leave this here, because – wow.

https://twitter.com/AB84/status/1400063412617482246

Tonight’s sports:

• NHL:
  • Bruins at Islanders – 7:30pm | NBCSN / CBC / Sportsnet360
    • Game 3 – series tied 1-1
  • Hurricanes at Lightning – 8:00pm | CNBC / Sportsnet
    • Game 3 – Bolts up 2-0
• NBA:
  • Nuggets at Trail Blazers – 8:00pm | TNT / TSN4
    • Game 6 – Nuggets up 3-2
  • Suns at Lakers – 10:30pm | TNT / Sportsnet1
    • Game 6 – Suns up 3-2
• MLB:
  • no national broadcasts
• WNBA:
  • LV Aces vs NY Liberty – 7:00pm | TSN
• Wrestling for Jake:
  • Impact Wrestling – 7:00pm | AXS / Fite Network Canada

Tomorrow is Sexy, so I’ll see you on the weekend.