SportsPulse: Charlie Ebersol, the CEO for the Alliance of American Football league, made his pitch on why his spring football league will succeed where others haven't. Ebersol also made clear anyone who can play, can join league. USA TODAY Sports
With New England’s victory in Super Bowl LIII on Sunday, we entered the long, dark offseason for football. Which this year will last all of, oh, five days.
Yes, pro football restarts Saturday with the introduction of a new NFL-adjacent league, the Alliance of American Football. The eight-team league, based in eight warm-weather cities, will play a 10-week spring schedule with national telecasts each week (on CBS, TNT and the NFL Network, among others), followed by two weeks of playoffs.