In 1983, the United States Football League (USFL) challenged the NFL, playing in the spring and poaching three straight Heisman Trophy winners. Despite initial success, the league struggled with expansion and new owners, ultimately leading to a desperate anti-trust lawsuit against the NFL. The lawsuit resulted in an ironic verdict that forced the league out of business.
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The United States Football League's meteoric ascent and precipitous decline are chronicled through the divergent viewpoints of two influential owners: John Bassett, a proponent of a spring schedule, and Donald Trump, who sought to upend the NFL's supremacy by playing in the fall.
