Name: Jack O'Steele
Age: 33
Bio: Sports Journalist for ESPN
Favorite Team: Pittsburgh Steelers
Choices for initial alignment:

Europe:
London
Dublin
Stockholm
Frankfurt

East:
New York City
Toronto
Orlando
Baltimore

West:
Mexico City
Los Angeles
San Antonio
St. Louis
 

Late Summer/Early Fall 1989



Excerpt from SportsCenter; August 11, 1989

Chris Berman: "While the teams and where they'll play have yet to be finalized, the World League, the NFL's international pet project, is already attracting potential television partners."

Dan Patrick: "ESPN of course is in the running but our network has some extremely stiff competition. For instance, the USA Network, despite showing fewer sports in recent years outside of Tuesday Night Fights, has expressed interest in the league. Ted Turner has raised his hand as well. NBC is looking to the World League as a Plan B should their bid for the NBA contract prove unsuccessful. ABC wants in and so does Fox, despite the latter being only two and a half years old and having no previous sports coverage experience.

Updated tally with Dan O'Mac's picks.

11 Points
London
Mexico City

10 Points
New York
Orlando
San Antonio

9 Points

8 Points
Paris
Los Angeles

7 Points
Baltimore
Frankfurt
Toronto

6 Points
Amsterdam
Stockholm

4 Points
Sacramento
Dublin
St. Louis
Portland

3 Points
Barcelona
Norfolk

2 Points
Columbus
Jacksonville
Louisville
Memphis
Milan
Montreal
Salt Lake City

1 Point
Birmingham
Charlotte
Jacksonville
Oakland
Oklahoma City
Raleigh-Durham
Rome

And just as I promised, here are the cities that will field World League teams for 1991.

BengalErnst28 wrote:

Dang. Can’t see them on my phone. Picture is too big.

European: Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Paris
North American East: Baltimore, New York, Orlando, Toronto
North American West: Los Angeles, Mexico City, Sacramento, San Antonio