United National Gridiron League

United National Gridiron League
SportAmerican football
Founded2007
FounderMarvin Tomlin
Ceased2010
CEOJoe Cribbs
No. of teams8
Country United States
Official websiteOfficial Site

The United National Gridiron League (UNGL) was a proposed professional american football minor league. The league was formed in August 2007 and was originally called the United National Football League.[1]

The league's inaugural draft took place January 8–9, 2009. The league had planned to begin the season on February 8, 2009 [2] but, after a multiple postponements [3] of the kick-off date, the inaugural season was pushed back to March 2010,[4] and later cancelled altogether, because of financing problems.[5]

  1. ^ "C.O.N.C.O.R.D". Concord-sots.ct.gov. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  2. ^ "New football league hopes to start on time". Ledger-Enquirer.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
  3. ^ "United National Gridiron League's 2009 debut season appears headed for cancellation". al.com. 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  4. ^ "Oct Dance Auditions for United National Gridiron League Classified Ad - Cincinnati Events Community and Events | InetGiant Cincinnati, Ohio Free Advertising Website". Ohio.inetgiant.com. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  5. ^ "Will Birmingham play in the United National Football League?".