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The Spring League finds ‘secret sauce’ to survival By Syndicated Content By Steve Keating (Reuters) – The Alliance of American Football (AAF) lasted eight weeks, an XFL reboot ceased operation after just five, but The Spring League (TSL) – a league that does not pay players – will kick off a fifth season this week with a new media rights deal with FOX. For decades, gridiron interlopers have looked on longingly at the National Football League, which last month finalised a $105 billion media rights deal, seeking to cash in on the America’s sporting obse...

The former Connacht man now trying to make it as an NFL kicker Tadhg Leader won two caps for the USA in rugby but is now part of the Spring League. By Murray Kinsella Sunday 2 May 2021, 12:00 PM 2 hours ago 17,813 Views 4 Comments Leader with the USA rugby team in 2018 before a clash with Ireland in Dublin. Image: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Image: Tommy Dickson/INPHO THERE HAS ALWAYS been a joy in the art of kicking for Tadhg Leader and now the for...

Lions select P Ford first overall in Global Draft The BC Lions selected Australian punter Jake Ford first overall in the Canadian Football League Global Draft. Ford, who most recently played in the Spring League in 2020, was the first of four Australian punters to be taken in the first round. TSN.ca Staff VIDEO SIGN OUT The BC Lions selected Australian punter Jake Ford first overall in the Canadian Football League Global Draft. “I’m really excited to get back to the west coast,” Ford said after being selected first overall. “I visited Vancouver in 2016 and just fell in love with it. T...

04/15/2021 Football fans looking for an on-field fix in May and June can watch some games from The Spring League, the development league returning for a fifth season. That 2021 season is expanding from a four-week to a six-week schedule, beginning on May 6 with a doubleheader on FS1. And for the first time, TSL games will be shown on broadcast television with six regular-season matchups and the league’s championship game scheduled on Fox. Each of the Fox telecasts will air on Saturday afternoons. FS1 and FS2 will televise the other 18 games in primetime on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays....

Many young football players dream of one day playing in the National Football League. But more often than not, their dreams eventually start to fade after they realize just how difficult it is to break through — even for elite Division I players in the NCAA. That is especially the case for those playing in Japan. While there have been Japanese players who have participated in NFL summer training camps or practice squads — and several who have played at Division I schools in recent years — not a single Japanese-born player has made the cut for an NFL team’s 53-man roster.