Anyone here remember the World Football League (WFL)?

[Yavin4]

[Under The Radar]

1. Memphis Grizzlies- Larry Csonka, Paul Warfield quit the dolphins to go to WFL

[msongs]

2. the one that trump drove into bankruptcy and killed it? nt

[Yavin4]

4. That's the USFL in the 80s.

The WFL was in the 70s.

[Aristus]

5. That was the USFL.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Football_League

[Clash City Rocker]

3. Not to be confused with the World League of American Football

Later renamed NFL Europe, which lasted a bit longer. The WLAF produced my favorite team name in any sport, the Barcelona Dragons.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

6. I was slightly too young.

The first football game that I recall watching was Ohio State versus Oklahoma in 1977.

I remember later reading about how Czonka and Kiick, of earlier Dolphins fame, both ran for less yards per carry than their WFL team overall.

I'm sure that I'd seen earlier games, but they didn't stick with me.

[Iggo]

7. Was that the one with the California Sun?

[Doc_Technical]

8. How could I forget the dicker-rod?

[Yavin4]

9. "dicker-rod" sounds like they weren't using chains to measure first downs.

They were using something else.

[malthaussen]

10. Yep.

Very important when it comes to collective bargaining. The ability to jump to the WFL helped the NFL players free themselves from the shackles of the owners back in those dark ages when most ballplayers had to have a second job in the summer just to make ends meet.

-- Mal