The USFL is a new, independent American football league controlled by FOX Sports through NSFL HoldCo, LLC, a new business entity. (Source: USFL) We know you're already excited for the inaugural 2022 United States Football League season, kicking off April 16 in Birmingham, Alabama.
Now, how about a chance to own a piece of history yourself?To create a world-class experience for fans, players, and coaches, the new USFL is partnering with FOX Entertainment’s Blockchain Creative Labs (BCL) to launch an innovative NFT marketplace for digital collectibles, including minting and selling official digital tokens for the league, its teams, players, and coaches.
Players and coaches will have the opportunity to work directly with BCL to create special tokens — and that's not all. While specific details won’t be finalized until players and coaches report to training camp later this month, a majority of sales revenue of these special NFTs will go directly to the players and coaches via digital wallets.
Using smart contracts on the blockchain, USFL coaches and players will be the first from any professional sports league to receive revenue at exact time of sale."We’re building a cutting-edge marketplace for digital collectibles that will create a world-class experience for USFL fans, players, and coaches," said Edward Hartman, USFL Executive Vice President of Business Operations. "We’re proud to empower our players and coaches by offering them sales revenues for designated NFTs.