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

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Burt Reynolds

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 82%

Herschel Walker

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 14%

Michael Tollin

Self

Age : 69 | Popularity : 26%

Crew

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