The Hartford Colonials Fate in UFL's Hands
The UFL isn't dead just yet. A league source said the UFL is considering several to cost cutting options, including the reduction from five to four teams, to save the league from the scrap heap.
While there have been rumors that Hartford would be the team on the losing end of the game of duck-duck-goose, with the UFL team folding, league officials say nothing is decided.
This all comes on the heels of the recently lifted NFL lockout that we feel may have all just been a subliminal message all the while to get us all to buy home security. Hartford, CT has welcomed the UFL from the onset of the league's inception, but even that may not be enough according to Colonials coach/general manager Jerry Glanville. "All I know is we want to save this thing," Glanville said. He added that he should know more next week.
According to sources close to UFL commissioner Michael Huyghue, the league is conducting a review of the league's business model and considering many options. The source continued to state that the ownership group has not been presented any recommendations as yet from the Commissioner. But they are expected to announce whatever the conclusion is in early August.
Players reported to the Hartford area for training camp earlier this month. The situation resulted in the players being told to sit for 10 days while the league attempted to handle unpaid worker's compensation bills. In the end, the league finally decided to shift the beginning of training camp to mid-August, as well as to push the start of the season until mid-September.
Huyghue has stated numerous times his love for the Hartford area."I'm from Hartford. That's part of the reason that we came there. I think that Hartford did well for us. Whatever decisions we make going forward, Hartford is not on the chopping block because it can't sustain a franchise for the UFL. There's been great support. . . . In terms of Hartford being a troubled facility or situation, no, that's not the case."
The Colonials were 3-5 in their first season in Hartford, after playing in New York during the UFL's first season in 2009. Since it's beginning the franchise and the league have been plagued by financial troubles. With a decision coming down the pike sooner, rather than later it seems we will know the fate of our beloved Colonials in very soon.
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