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The UFL is branded as a “league of opportunity,” but owner and founder Dany Garcia also views the operation as a league of adversity.   The effort to provide athletes and coaches with a second chance ...
The second year of the UFL did not match the first year. Via Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal, the UFL’s in-person attendance was down by five percent in 2025. The TV audience dropped by a ...
ABC drew 983,000 viewers for the UFL Championship on Saturday in primetime (D.C. Defenders vs. Michigan Panthers), down 38% ...
The UFL, in its second year following a merger between the XFL and USFL, took a pretty substantial ratings hit for the regular season. In its sophomore year, the league averaged 645,000 viewers ...
Regular-season UFL games have averaged 816k in viewership across FOX, ABC and ESPN, more than a 30% increase in viewership from last season's XFL and USFL. With the season reaching its apex ...
The UFL’s debut season featured some impressive viewership numbers that most didn’t see coming when the XFL-USFL merger was first announced. This has led to several key executives being quite ...
According to Sports Business Journal, television ratings in Year 1 were encouraging, if not quite enough to make the league profitable: "The UFL averaged 850,000 viewers over its 40 regular-season ...
The second year of the UFL did not get off to a great start ... Friday night’s opener between the St. Louis Battlehawks and the Houston Roughnecks averaged 690,000 viewers on Fox. Last year’s opener, ...
“With our first championship in the books, the UFL has clearly made its mark in the spring sports calendar with strong viewership across platforms all season long. The high-level, quality ...
The second year of the UFL did not match the first year. Via Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal, the UFL's in-person attendance was down by five percent in 2025. The TV audience dropped by a ...