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Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?

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2009-10-200h 53m

Documentary

For three glorious years, football was 365

In 1983 the upstart United States Football League (USFL) had the audacity to challenge the almighty NFL. The new league did the unthinkable by playing in the spring and plucked three straight Heisman Trophy winners away from the NFL. The 12-team USFL played before crowds that averaged 25,000, and started off with respectable TV ratings. But with success came expansion and new owners, including a certain high profile and impatient real estate baron whose vision was at odds with the league’s founders. Soon, the USFL was reduced to waging a desperate anti-trust lawsuit against the NFL, which yielded an ironic verdict that effectively forced the league out of business. Now, almost a quarter of a century later, Academy Award-nominated and Peabody Award-winning director Mike Tollin, himself once a chronicler of the league, will showcase the remarkable influence of those three years on football history and attempt to answer the question, “Who Killed the USFL?”

Directors
Michael Tollin
Writters
Michael Tollin
Editors
Michael Tollin, Greg Parsons

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  2. Burt Reynolds

    Burt Reynolds

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  3. Herschel Walker

    Herschel Walker

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  4. Michael Tollin

    Michael Tollin

    Self

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Keywords
sportsamerican footballsports documentary