' s ▁leaders ▁in ▁attend ance , ▁mainly ▁because ▁none ▁of ▁those ▁cities ▁had ▁to ▁comp ete ▁against ▁Major ▁League ▁Baseball ▁teams ▁for ▁the ▁spring ▁sports ▁doll ar . ▁Of ▁those ▁cities , ▁only ▁T ampa ▁Bay ▁now ▁has ▁a ▁baseball ▁team ; ▁the ▁R ays , ▁formerly ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Dev il ▁R ays , ▁didn ' t ▁arrive ▁until ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁ ▁Al ong ▁with ▁Philadelphia / B alt imore ▁( the ▁league ' s ▁most ▁successful ▁team , ▁and ▁one ▁that ▁was ▁about ▁to ▁step ▁into ▁a ▁recently ▁abandoned ▁NFL ▁market ) ▁and ▁New ▁Jersey ▁( with ▁Trump ' s ▁deep ▁po ckets , ▁the ▁league ' s ▁greatest ▁player ▁in ▁Walker , ▁strong ▁attend ance , ▁and ▁distance ▁from ▁New ▁York ' s ▁ML B ▁teams ), ▁this ▁collection ▁of ▁teams ▁were ▁widely ▁reck oned ▁as ▁at ▁least ▁having ▁the ▁potential ▁to ▁be ▁vi able ▁vent ures ▁had ▁the ▁US FL ▁stuck ▁to ▁its ▁original ▁spring time ▁concept ▁and ▁been ▁more ▁finan cially ▁sound . ▁ ▁The ▁league ▁also ▁had ▁an ▁indirect ▁impact ▁on ▁the ▁sched uling ▁of ▁tele vised ▁football ▁games . ▁The ▁US FL ▁had ▁planned ▁to ▁go ▁against ▁the ▁NFL ▁in ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁without ▁directly ▁playing ▁its ▁games ▁opposite ▁the ▁larger ▁league ▁by ▁playing ▁its ▁games ▁on ▁Sunday ▁night s , ▁when ▁the ▁NFL ▁did ▁not ▁play ▁yet . ▁One ▁year ▁later , ▁ESP N ▁and ▁the ▁NFL ▁launched ▁Sunday ▁Night ▁Football ▁in ▁the ▁time ▁slot