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WILL PRO-FOOTBALL EVER
MAKE IT IN HAMPTON ROADS?
THE UNITED FOOTBALL
POSTPONED UNTIL
NEXT SPRING. BUT WILL
PLAYERS RETURN TO THE
FIELD NEXT YEAR?
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S ALI
LUCIA HAS BEEN LOOKING
INTO THIS ALL DAY.
ALI.
STEPHANIE, THE VIRGINIA
TO HAVE
A GAME AT THE SPORTSPLEX
THIS THURSDAY. THAT HAS
BEEN CALLED OFF, ALONG
WITH THE REST OF THE
SEASON. BUT SOME OF
PEOPLE I TALKED TO
SEEM TO BELIEVE THE TEAM
WILL BE BACK IN THE
A LOT HAS CHANGED IN THE
LAST 18 MONTHS SINCE
FORMER VIRGINIA
DESTROYERS HEAD COACH
MARTY SCHOTTENHIEMER
FIRST GREETED
MANAGING PARTNER OF THE
SPORTSPLEX 8:54:34 "WE
HAD THREE GAMES LAST
OVER TEN AND THEN ROSE
FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP
NO LONGER WITH THE TEAM
HIS BROTHER TOOK OVER.
CHUCK THORNTON WHO
RUNS THE SPORTSPLEX SAYS
ATTENDANCE WAS DOWN THIS
SEASON,
FIVE THOUSAND FOR THE
FIRST GAME AND EVEN
GAME
AGAINST SACRAMENTO. ONE
HOLD
CONSTANT. THE UFL'S
FINANCIAL TROUBLES.
PHONER LARRY WEISMAN
WORKERS
COMPENSATION INSURANCE
CREATED A SHORT TERM CASH
CRUNCH AND WE'VE
BEEN UNABLE TO ESCAPE
THE LEAGUE'S
SPOKESPERSON AND SAYS
THAT COST WAS MILLIONS
MORE THEN THE LEAGUE
ANTICIPATED. HE IS THE
ONLY PERSON FROM THE
UFL PRESIDENT ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO PLAYERS WHO WOULD
GIVES THE LEAGUE A CHANCE
TO FULLY FUNDED STATE AND
A MORE SUCCESSFUL WAY." A
LEAGUE EMPLOYEE WHO WOULD
NOT GO
ON CAMERA SAYS PLAYERS
WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PAID
$3,500 PER
GAME. SO FAR THEY'VE BEEN
PAID ONLY $1,000. THEY'RE
STILL DUE $13,000
DOLLARS. THE LEAGUE
SIGNED A 2 YEAR CONTRACT
WITH CBS SPORTS THAT RUNS
THROUGH 2013. CALLS TO
NETWORK ABOUT THE STATUS
OF THAT CONTRACT HAVE NOT
BEEN
RETURNED. DESPITE ALL
THE UFL WILL STAY INTACT.
PARTNER OF THE SPORTSPLEX
THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO DO THAT."
AND AS LONG AS THEY
CONTINUE TO DO THAT
THORNTON SAYS HE'LL
CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT
THEY'LL BE MORE GAMES
NEXT SPRING.
PARTNER OF THE
SPORTSPLEX 8:58:56 "WE'VE
BEEN EXCITED ABOUT THE
UFL COMING HERE AND AND
ONE EMPLOYEE I TALKED TO
WHO WOULDN'T GO ON CAMERA
SAID HE
DOESN'T BELIEVE THE
LEAGUE WILL BE BACK NEXT
SPRING. HE EVEN SAID
GETTING PLAYERS WOULD BE
DIFFICULT UNLESS THE
LEAGUE
LUCIA, 10 ON YOUR SIDE.
AS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO
BOUGHT TICKETS FOR THE
TWO REMAINING
HOME GAMES ON THE
SCHEDULE. WE ASKED THE
UFL IF YOU'LL GET A
REFUND? THE LEAGUE STILL
HASN'T COME UP
WITH A PLAN. A
SPOKESPERSON SAYS THEY'RE
WORKING ON A WAY TO GET
YOU YOUR MONEY BACK.
WHEN THEY DO WE WILL PASS