Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?

Synopsis

In 1983 the upstart United States Football League (USFL) had the audacity to challenge the almighty NFL. The new league did the unthinkable by playing in the spring and plucked three straight Heisman Trophy winners away from the NFL. The 12-team USFL played before crowds that averaged 25,000, and started off with respectable TV ratings. But with success came expansion and new owners, including a certain high profile and impatient real estate baron whose vision was at odds with the league’s founders. Soon, the USFL was reduced to waging a desperate anti-trust lawsuit against the NFL, which yielded an ironic verdict that effectively forced the league out of business. Now, almost a quarter of a century later, Academy Award-nominated and Peabody Award-winning director Mike Tollin, himself once a chronicler of the league, will showcase the remarkable influence of those three years on football history and attempt to answer the question, “Who Killed the USFL?”

Main Cast

Donald Trump

Himself

Age : 77 | Popularity : 22%

Burt Reynolds

Himself

Age : 82 | Popularity : 18%

Herschel Walker

Himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Michael Tollin

Himself

Age : 68 | Popularity : 9%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Michael Tollin
Production	Executive Producer	Michael Tollin Connor Schell Joan Lynch Bill Simmons John Dahl John Skipper Keith Clinkscales
	Producer	Matt McDonald Mitch Wright
	Associate Producer	Deirdre Fenton Peter Genesi Dave Schechtman
Writing	Writer	Michael Tollin
Editing	Editor	Greg Parsons
Sound	Original Music Composer	Pete Kneser Phil Hernandez Chris Maxwell
	Sound Effects	Ryan Kleier
Camera	Director of Photography	Jon Tucker
	Camera Operator	Scott Sniffen
Department	Role	Name

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