'85 Chronology-Playoff Pay

Event Date: July 1st, 1985

Event Description: Playoff Payouts

Source: UPI

Each player on the USFL championship team will have earned $17,000 in playoff money. The breakdown per game is $3,000 for the quarterfinals, $4,000 for the semifinals and $10,000 for winning the championship game.

Players on the runner-up team receive $12,000, with $5,000 for the second-place finish in the title game.

The game was televised live outside the United States to Canada, Italy, Britain, Thailand, Mexico, Spain and Holland.

Celebrities attending the game included Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers and Isiah Thomas of the Detroit Pistons. The basketball players said they are friends of wide receiver Anthony Carter.

The crowd was announed at 49,263 but appeared much smaller. The league hoped attendance would surpass 50,000. The first USFL championship game at Denver drew 50,906. Last year's title game at Tampa, Fla., was attended by 52,662.

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