Spring Football League to Launch in 2017: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction

December 22, 2016   ·   Joseph Zucker   ·   Jump to comments

Beginning this spring, a four-team football league will launch, according to SiriusXM NFL Radio. SiriusXM NFL Radio later clarified its initial tweet by noting that the spring league is not affiliated with the NFL, though it will be open to NFL scouts and personnel.
The league will consist of six games as well as team practices and run from April 5 to 26, per SiriusXM NFL Radio.
CBSSports.com's Jason La Canfora provided more context for the league:
After speaking to an NFL source, Bleacher Report's Mike Freeman described it as "basically, XFL light."
The league will come in the middle of NFL draft season. The NFL Scouting Combine will end March 6, and April 27 is the first night of the 2017 draft.
Bleacher Report's Michael Felder questioned the level of talent that's likely to make up the spring-league rosters:
In March, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told Pro Football Talk's Michael David Smith that the league ceased the vetera...

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