'90 Chronology-Aloha!

Event Date: March 27th, 1990

Event Description: Maynard Visit

Source: Honolulu Star

'90 Chronology-Under Consideration

 Event Date: March 14th, 1990

Event Description: Byrne Promotes Grid League

Source: The Tennessean

'90 Chronology-Promise of Spring

Event Date: March 14th, 1990

Event Description: Spring League Forming

Source: Press Enterprise

'90 Chronology-Null & Void

Event Date: March 2nd, 1990

Event Description: I.L.A.F. Collapses

Source: Orlando Sentinel

'90 Chronology-Renegades Remembered

Event Date: February 22nd, 1990

Event Description: Collier Seeks Redemption

Source: Sun Sentinel

'90 Chronology-Case Closed

Event Date: February 21st, 1990

Event Description: Court Rules Against NFL

Source: Clarion-Ledger

'90 Chronology-Pairing the Losses

Event Date: February 8th, 1990

Event Description: I.L.A.F. Loses Two

Source: Associated Press

'90 Chronoloy-Name Game

Event Date: February 7th, 1990

Event Description: Elway Joins New League

Source: S.F. Examiner

'90 Chronology-London Lightning

Event Date: February 7th, 1990

Event Description: Elway Hired

Source: San Francisco Examiner

'90 Chronology-Bankroll

Event Date: February 5th, 1990

Event Description: WLAF Television Deal

Source: Associated Press

'90 Chronology-Eye on Iowa

Event Date: January 11th, 1990

Event Description: N.S.F.L. Eyes Iowa

Source: Rock Island Argus

'90 Chronology-Rumor Mill

Event Date: January 10th, 1990

Event Description: Oilers Hire Pardee

Source: Associated Press

'90 Chronology-Sports People

Event Date: January 5th, 1990

Event Description: Coaching Changes

Source: Associated Press

'89 Chronology-Eyeing Investors

Event Date: December 7th, 1989

Event Description: Dixon Takes Aim

Source: Chicago Tribune

'89 Chronology-Football Supremo

Event Date: November 23rd, 1989

Event Description: Huntress Targets Europe

Source: Associated Press

'89 Chronology-London Calling

Event Date: November 23rd, 1989

Event Description: Huntress Plans New Grid League

Source: Associated Press

'89 Chronology-Novel Concept

Event Date: September 17th, 1989

Event Description: Dixon Courts Public

Source: Chicago Tribune

'89 Chronology-Dixon Hopeful

Event Date: August 27th, 1989

Event Description: Spring Hopes

Source: Sun Sentinel (UPI)

No one could be happier about the delay of the international football league than David Dixon, the gadfly entrepreneur who helped found the USFL.

The announcement that Commissioner Tex Schramm's World League of American Football had slipped its inaugural date from 1990 to 1991 gives Dixon's latest venture life.

Dixon has been trying to negotiate a $40 million television contract to support a 10-team league he quaintly calls America's Football Teams.

And, he said, he had almost completed a deal with a cable network this spring when news about the NFL's international league broke.

Dixon's deal dried up fast.

Now, it's a race again.

"I knew Tex would never get that thing going this year," Dixon laughed. "Everything was so hurried. It's now clear that they didn't know very much about European stadiums and the fact that many of the spectators have to stand up.

"Gee, if Tex had called me, I could have told him that. It took him months to figure it out. My son and I made a tour of European stadiums last year and we figured it out in two weeks. It won't work. No one wants to stand up for a three-hour football game."

Even though Dixon's league is breathing, he says it may not be permanent.

"I still give us only a 50-50 chance of getting this new league going," he said. "We still have to get a TV contract and the influence of the NFL in television is everywhere."

Dixon won't identify the network with whom he is negotiating, but said it's a cable station and that it isn't Turner or ESPN.

Anyone could have guessed it wasn't ESPN, whose contract with the NFL is up after this year. The NFL wouldn't be too delighted if ESPN was also broadcasting a rival league's games in the spring.

"We're just going to go ahead as much as we can," Dixon said. "They've tried to cripple us with the announcement they wanted to start up in 1990, but we still have a good chance of getting America's Football Teams off the ground.

"Basically, things have been in a state of suspension since this international league talk got going."

Dixon envisions an 8- to 10-team league with the league controlling spending. Corporations or financial institutions would produce startup capital, then sell majority ownership to the fans.

"I'm estimating we'll need about $6 million per team annually to run a club," Dixon said.No one could be happier about the delay of the international football league than David Dixon, the gadfly entrepreneur who helped found the USFL.

The announcement that Commissioner Tex Schramm's World League of American Football had slipped its inaugural date from 1990 to 1991 gives Dixon's latest venture life.

'89 Chronology-Joining Forces?

Event Date: July 22nd, 1989

Event Description: Garvey Agrees with Dixon

Source: Green Bay Press Gazette

'89 Chronology-Television Rights

Event Date: July 21st, 1989

Event Description: NFL Goes International

Source: Spokane Chronicle

'89 Chronology-Playing Monopoly

Event Date: July 21st, 1989

Event Description: Dixon Indignant

Source: Associated Press

'89 Chronology-International Feel

Event Date: May, 1989

Event Description: Upshaw Speaks Out

Source: Associated Press

'89 Chronology-Big Ideas

Event Date: February 19th, 1989

Event Description: Dixon Returns

Source: Dallas Morning News

'89 Chronology-America's Football Teams

Event Date: January 29th, 1989

Event Description: America's Football Teams

Source: Calgary Herald

'89 Chronology-David Dixon Interview

Event Date: Circa mid-1980's

Event Description: David Dixon Interview

Source: Louisiana Legends