Event Date: March 29th, 1983
Event Description: Allen Questions Direction
Source: United Press International
Chicago Blitz coach George Allen Monday called for a halt in any planned expansion in the next two years for the fledgling U.S. Football League.
“Should the planned expansion calling for two more teams in 1984 and four in 1985 became a fact of life, it could decimate teams like the Blitz,” Allen said at a news conference. “It is my firm belief that expansion at this time or in the next two years would not only hurt the Blitz but every other team.”
Allen said falling attendance at USFL games around the country do not indicate that the league will fail. “The fact that the attendance was down overall this past week, particularly in Chicago, is not indicative of fans reaction to our brand of football,” he said.
Allen said that in order for the league's owners to break even, attendance has to be at least 35,000 each week, which he said is “not an insurmountable problem.”
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