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LeftInTX

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7. The owner of our local USFL team was corrupt as hell billionaire

Reply to Kali (Original post)

Sat Sep 23, 2017, 10:34 PM

Sep 2017

The players' checks would bounce. Then he stopped paying them altogether. Then, he got thrown in prison for bribery and mail fraud. He had years of legal history prior to owning the local team.

I don't know if they were all as bad as our team owner or what. But it was good riddance.
Trump killed the USFL by switching their playing schedule so they would compete with the NFL.

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didn't tinyparts have some dissagreement with the NFL a few years ago? [View all] Kali Sep 2017 OP

Yes. He sued the NFL. Bleacher Creature Sep 2017 #1

Basically he killed the USFL Louis1895 Sep 2017 #2

damn, that was further back than I thought. LOL Kali Sep 2017 #9

Trump was the best football and baseball player in NY state. bathroommonkey76 Sep 2017 #15

! Kali Sep 2017 #16

Didn't he have like bone spurs that kept him out of the Vietnam War? SonofDonald Sep 2017 #17

Everything Dotard Donnie touches dies. roamer65 Sep 2017 #18

He won one dollar that he had to split with a dozen or so other people. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2017 #3

That's fake news Brother Buzz Sep 2017 #6

from the article the award was $1 and it was tripled. Kali Sep 2017 #10

The jury decision was for one dollar, and the court, by statute, bumped it to three Brother Buzz Sep 2017 #13

ok Kali Sep 2017 #14

Knowing Trump the other owners had to threaten him with litigation to make him share it. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2017 #20

He killed the USFL and the NFL wouldn't let him buy the Buffalo Bills. n/t tammywammy Sep 2017 #4

I knew there was something. Kali Sep 2017 #5

The owner of our local USFL team was corrupt as hell billionaire LeftInTX Sep 2017 #7

"tinyparts" will be added to my list of tRump nicks. panader0 Sep 2017 #8

you know what "they" say... Kali Sep 2017 #11

I loved the USFL because it was so easy to bet Awsi Dooger Sep 2017 #12

The latest grievance is on the Bills sale BannonsLiver Sep 2017 #19