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  • July 14, 2015 at 6:36 pm #27272
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    Jim Fassel hints at pending “very good spring league”

    Darin Gantt

    http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/14/jim-fassel-hints-at-pending-very-good-spring-league/

    Ever since shuttering NFL Europa in 2007, the NFL has lacked a developmental league under its own control.

    That may be changing soon.

    Former Giants coach Jim Fassel dropped a nugget of news during an interview on SiriusXM NFL Radio, saying: “Don’t be surprised if there was a very good spring league opening next year in the NFL”

    While the artist formerly known as the World League of American Football/NFL Europe produced a solid amount of NFL players, the void for developing players has been clear. Ventures such as a number of indoor leagues and the UFL and XFL have never gained much traction, but it has long seemed like an underserved market.

    Offseason rosters are set at 90 now, and inventions such as regional and veteran combines give the league more chances to look at players. But without the benefit of live reps in games and practices, there’s a real chance the league would have never known a Kurt Warner.

    He was the star of the Amsterdam Admirals in 1998 (and his backup was future Super Bowl quarterback Jake Delhomme), which led to a job with the Rams that would make him an MVP and a household name.

    Again, all we have at the moment is a quote from a guy who worked as the head coach of the Las Vegas Locos (remember the Locos?). But if the NFL is serious about backing a developmental league, it will increase the number of jobs and opportunities for not only players and coaches, but personnel men, officials and more.

    July 14, 2015 at 8:56 pm #27276
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    Hope not. Hockey is my Spring sport/

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