Its a little known fact that NBC has become one of my favorite channels in recent years. NBC is responsible for some of my favorite shows; The Office, Parks and Recreation, Community, and launched another favorite show, Scrubs (which moved to ABC 2 years ago).

So I have to wonder what Comcast's purchase of NBC is going to do to my favorite programs. As pointed out elsewhere, Comcast previously owned: G4, Versus, the Golf Channel, E Entertainment, the Style Network, and FEARnet, as well as a lot of regional sports channels. With the purchase of NBC Network, that list of channels will no include: USA, SyFy, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC, the NBC network and Universal Studios.

Now with Comcast owning the Monday Night Football rights that air on NBC and the broadcasting the rights for the UFL on Versus, could this be the death of the UFL? We know NBC has been burned in the past with the smaller football ventures. Or does UFL become either an exclusive property for either Versus or HDNet?

I guess we'll hurry up and wait.

According to Wikipedia:

I am not exactly sure why I even have an interest in this league, I don't regularly watch the NFL or even NCAA Football. Much like the World Wrestling Entertainment owned XFL, I get a kick out of these mini leagues. Maybe it is the entrepreneur inside of me that likes to see someone attempt a similar business model but approach it differently. Or maybe its just because unlike people a few years older than me, I never got to see the debut of a successful rival league. The 60's had the AFL, which has more or less become the AFC in the NFL. The was also the WFL, the USFL, and like I mentioned the XFL. All of which didn't last long. There are even reports of a Spring/Summer league called the NewUSFL. But the UFL seems different to me. The UFL has already signed 2 television deals, HDNet and Versus. And a 4 team league, although seems very small, certainly kept costs down in its initial season. They say they have plans to have a second season next year and hope to expand into more areas. Below is a recap of the championship game.

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