(11-15-2017 08:27 AM)Tribe1693 Wrote:  

(11-15-2017 07:57 AM)WM Beancounter Wrote:  

(11-15-2017 06:56 AM)hktribefan Wrote:  Not NFL, but looks like Cluley off to play in Germany

https://t.co/yGxUWRphQw


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"Even the name Frankfurt Universe is relatively well known even in the States, also because of the great history of this club."

Had anyone else ever heard of this league or team before reading this article?

Unless they are somehow a spin-off of the old Frankfurt Galaxy NFL Europe team, no. The uniforms look similar to the old Galaxy uniforms.

Anyway, congrats to him for getting to see the world and making a few bucks playing a game he lives.

According to Wikipedia
"In September 2014 it was announced that the Frankfurt Football Betriebs GmbH had purchased the rights for the Frankfurt Galaxy from the NFL. It plans to rename the Frankfurt Universe, playing in the German Football League 2 into Frankfurt Galaxy and to take the former's spot in the league in 2015. An attempt to do the same in 2007 had failed because the naming rights then lay with the NFL."

So, yes, this is the offspring of the prior NFL Europe team.