Mike Repole has said he'd bring the Michigan Panthers back if the right building existed, and Detroit just broke ground on a 15,000-seat stadium that lands inside his own venue rule. Boise is the one UFL expansion market that already got to a term sheet — back in 2025, before the league went a different direction. Nothing is decided in either case. Plus Greg Parks joins the show with the 2026 UFL fan survey numbers and his honest read on the league pulling out of Birmingham and Houston, and I stopped by the UFL Showcase in Washington DC.

In this episode:

• UFL News Hub Fan Survey 2026 Results and Analysis — https://uflnewshub.com/ufl/ufl-news-hub-fan-survey-2026-results-analysis
• PARKS: Amid Finger Pointing, Birmingham's Departure a Stark Warning for UFL — https://uflnewshub.com/ufl/parks-amid-finger-pointing-birminghams-departure-stark-warning-ufl
• Opinion: Mike Repole's Accidental Campaign to Kill the UFL Continues With Birmingham and Houston — https://uflnewshub.com/ufl/opinion-mike-repoles-accidental-campaign-kill-ufl-continues-birmingham-houston
• UFL Showcase Powered by NOBULL — 2026 nationwide schedule — https://www.theufl.com/news/ufl-announces-nationwide-2026-schedule-for-ufl-showcase-powered-by-nobull
• Repole Says He'd Bring the Michigan Panthers Back. The Stadium Just Broke Ground — https://uflnewshub.com/ufl/repole-hed-bring-michigan-panthers-stadium-broke-ground
• The UFL Already Had a Deal in Boise. Now It's Back on the List — https://uflnewshub.com/ufl/ufl-already-deal-boise-list
• UFL Players Surpass 100 Workouts for NFL Teams, Mario Goodrich Signs with Titans — https://uflnewshub.com/ufl/ufl-players-surpass-100-workouts-nfl-teams-stallions-db-mario-goodrich-signs-tennessee-titans

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The UFL is leaving Birmingham and Houston for the 2027 season. Mike Repole says the Birmingham Stallions decision was 100 percent about the wrong sized venue, and the winningest franchise in modern spring football — three titles, 37-13 — will not play in 2027. We break down the UFL market realignment, the attendance numbers behind it, the hiring board that gave it away two weeks early, and my list of where the two open UFL markets should go.

Sources:

• UFL Announces Strategic Market Realignment, Birmingham and Houston Are Out — https://uflnewshub.com/ufl/ufl-announces-strategic-market-realignment-birmingham-houston
• Reports: UFL Pulls Birmingham Stallions After Five Seasons — https://uflnewshub.com/ufl/reports-ufl-pulls-birmingham-stallions-five-seasons
• Mike Repole's Own Rules Say the Stallions Can't Stay in Birmingham — https://uflnewshub.com/ufl/mike-repoles-rules-say-stallions-stay-birmingham

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The season is over, the Louisville Kings are champions — so what's next for the UFL? On this offseason edition of UFL Week In Review, Mark makes the case that the league's real path forward isn't TV commercials or bigger marketing budgets. It's leaning on the people already doing the work: the podcasters, YouTubers, and creators covering these teams every week. The Disney influencer model, why Pat McAfee or Tom Brady should own a franchise, where the league should expand next, and the attendance numbers that tell the real story of the season.

Plus a behind-the-scenes look at championship weekend is dropping soon, so stay tuned for that.

We're going monthly through the offseason and checking in whenever there's news worth talking about.

Chapters:

0:00 Welcome back + the offseason plan

0:37 Louisville Kings win the title, 27-20

2:12 Why the UFL has to lean on influencers (the Disney model)

8:11 Pat McAfee & Tom Brady as team owners? Moving the needle

9:09 Championship game & full-season attendance breakdown

15:12 Rapoli on expansion: soccer-specific stadiums

15:28 Expansion targets — Queens NY, New England, Austin, Utah, New Mexico, Raleigh, Boise

19:53 The UFL-to-NFL player tracker on News Hub

21:09 New mic, new camera, offseason schedule

21:48 CFL season + News Hub Fantasy updates

23:32 News Hub Sports Network & the AI anchor "Trey Downs"

25:49 Your questions — Timothy writes in

31:24 Travel recap: Italy, Greece & a Disney cruise

31:51 Coming up: behind-the-scenes at the DC championship game

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